LOCAL ATTRACTIONS

The 2007 SHCA National Specialty will take place in Northern California's beautiful Sonoma County. Located north of San Francisco, the Doubletree Hotel in Rohnert Park is the perfect base for local sightseeing. While you are in the area, take in the famous hills of San Francisco, the rugged Pacific Coast, the famous Redwood trees, the Russian settlement at Fort Ross, and all the Wine Country has to offer: wine tasting, family farms, great restaurants, olive oil pressing, mud baths and geysers, golf courses, hot air balloon rides, spas, shopping---AND even a DOG SHOW!

Please check back as we add more information about local attractions!

Foxtail Golf Club
100 Golf Course Drive
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
707/584-7766

Above the Wine Country Balloons & Tours
2508 Burnside Road
Sebastopol, CA 95472
800/759-5638
707/829-9850
fax 707/829-7699
http://www.balloontours.com

Up & Away Ballooning
PO Box 68
Windsor, CA 95492
800/711-2998
707/836-0171
http://www.up-away.com

Ft. Ross State Historical Park (Russian Settlement along the coast)
Highway 1 and Ft. Ross Road
Jenner, CA 95450
707/847-3286
www.fortrossstatepark.org

Jack London State Historical Park (the ruined Wolf House)
2400 London Ranch Road
Glen Ellen, Ca 95442
707/938-5216
http://www.jacklodonpark.com; http://www.jacklondons.net/intro.html

Luther Burbank Home & Gardens
Santa Rosa and Sonoma Avenues
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
707/524-5445
http://www.lutherburbank.org

The Petrified Forest
4100 Petrified Forest Road
Calistoga, CA 94515
707/942-6667
http://www.petrifiedforest.org

Mission San Francisco de Solano (The 21st and farthest north of the California Missions)
Spain Street, between 1st Sstreet East and 3rd Street West
Sonoma, CA 95476
707/938-1519
http://www.californiamissions.com/cahistory/solano.html; http://www.missiontour.org/sonoma

Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve (ancient coastal redwoods, featuring the tallest tree over 310 feet tall, and oldest tree estimated to be over 1400 years old)
170000 Armstrong Woods Road
Guerneville, CA 95446
707/869-2015
707/869-5629 (fax)
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?pageid=450

Sonoma Mission Inn and Spa
100 Boyes Boulevard
Sonoma, CA 95476
707/938-9000
http://www.fairmont.com/sonoma

Safari West Wildlife Preserve
3115 Porter Creek Road
Santa Rosa, 95404
800/616-2695
707/579-2551
http://www.safariwest.com

Napa Valley Wine Train
http://www.winetrain.com

River Rock Casino
3250 Highway 128
Geyserville, CA 95441
707/857-2777
http://www.riverrockcasino.com

 

Plus, any number of wineries, farms, spas, etc. For help with some ideas, contact our Welcome Committee upon arrival at the show site, or visit the following websites:

http://www.sonomawine.com
http://sonomacountyvisitors.com
http://www.sonoma.com
http://www.sonomawinecountry.com
http://www.napavalley.com