Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Rio Nido, California (From Spanish: Río Nido, meaning Nest River) is a small, unincorporated resort community on the Russian River, in Sonoma County, California, United States. It is situated 1.3 mi (2.1 km) east of Guerneville. The town's name is meant to mean "river nest" in Spanish.
The Russian River estuary is recognized for protection by the California Bays and Estuaries Policy. [12] The mouth is about 60 mi (100 km) north of the San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate bridge. The lower Russian River is a popular spring, summer, and fall destination for navigation and recreation.
Pond Farm (also known as Pond Farm Workshops) was an American artists’ colony that began in the 1940s and, in one form or another, continued until 1985. [1] It is located near the Russian River resort town of Guerneville, California, about 75 mi (120 km) north of San Francisco.
The Bohemian Grove is a restricted 2,700-acre (1,100-hectare) campground in Monte Rio, California.Founded in 1878, it belongs to a private gentlemen's club known as the Bohemian Club.
Guerneville (/ ˈ ɡ ɜːr n v ɪ l,-n i v ɪ l /) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County, California, United States.The town is historically known as a logging community.
Monte Rio (Spanish: Monte Río, meaning "River Mountain") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California along the Russian River near the Pacific Ocean. The town of Guerneville lies northeast of Monte Rio, and Jenner is to the west. The population was 1,152 at the 2010 census, up from 1,104 at the 2000 census.
Big Sulphur Creek is spanned by two bridges: [4] River Road crosses northeast of Cloverdale, California on a 212-foot (65 m) prestressed concrete span built in 1988.; Geysers Road crosses 18.6 miles (30 km) north of State Route 128 on a 148-foot (45 m) steel truss built in 1909 and reconstructed in 1970.
Santa Rosa sits at the northwestern gateway to the Sonoma and Napa Valleys of California's famed Wine Country. Many wineries and vineyards are nearby, as well as the Russian River resort area, the Sonoma Coast along the Pacific Ocean, Jack London State Historic Park, and the redwood trees of Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve.