Provisions:
Cloverdale:
Dining Out:
If you are planning to use the kitchen facilities at Ravenridge, you can pick up provisions en route.
Healdsburg:- Oakville Grocery, includes gourmet foods, delicatessen, wines.
- Downtown Bakery, selection of baked goods.
- Farmer's Market, April - October (Tues. and Sat.)
- Big John's Market at the north end of town, off the Dry Creek Road exit from 101. Excellent butcher, good produce.
- Ray's Food Place in the shopping center off the S. Cloverdale Blvd. Exit from 101. Full selection of groceries, produce, meats, and wines.
Numerous restaurants in a range of prices are within half an hour's drive of Ravenridge in Cloverdale, Geyserville, Healdsburg, Hopland, and Boonville. The town of Mendocino seventy-five minutes away offers many dining choices.
Local Wine Tasting:
Exploring Nature:
- The local Yorkville Highlands appellation features three tasting rooms: Yorkville Cellars, Maple Creek Winery, and Meyer Family Cellars.
- Dozens of tasting rooms are within an hour of Ravenridge in the Anderson Valley, Alexander Valley, and Redwood Valley appellations.
- For maps of Mendocino County wine tasting rooms and announcements of special events, go to gomendo.com.
- Star gazing can be spectacular at Ravenridge.
- Birdwatching is a favorite pastime.
- Hendy Woods State Park, in the middle of the Anderson Valley, features virgin redwood groves with a self-guided discovery trail.
- Mendocino coastal parks abound north and south of the town.
