Gualala Guide

★ 4.5 · 381 reviews · $$$ · Gualala

Hand-built Russian-domed dining room and Seaside Bar in Gualala, serving chef Rosemary Campiformio's foraged, wild-game 'North Coast Cuisine' since 1977.

★ 4.3 · 75 reviews · $$$ · Sea Ranch

Coastal farm-to-table dining in a 1968 lodge, led by a CIA-trained chef with his own working farm.

★ 4.5 · 426 reviews · $ · Gualala

Counter-service seafood shack on Gualala's north end, running its own Anchor Bay boats into fish tacos, oysters, and a short daily specials board.

★ 4.5 · 6 reviews · Beach · Point Arena

Spherical sandstone boulders exposed only at low tide on a bluff-access beach three miles south of Point Arena.

★ 4.8 · 4 reviews · Beach

Wind-protected pocket beach 2 miles north of Gualala, reached by a short bluff-or-forest trail down to a hidden cove.

★ 4.8 · 431 reviews · Park · Gualala

Day-use park and campground at the Gualala River's mouth — sandy beach, bluff trails, and redwood camping.

★ 4.8 · 119 reviews · Gualala

Community-owned Gualala bookstore bought out by 25 local shareholders in 2016 — known for 240+ gifted frogs.

★ 4.5 · 387 reviews · $ · Gualala

Independent Highway 1 grocery store known for its butcher counter, rotisserie chicken, and an upstairs hardware aisle.

★ 4.7 · 107 reviews · $$ · Gualala

Anchor Bay's everyday neighborhood grocery — produce, homemade soup, and a deli counter, just off Highway 1.

★ 4.8 · 1,590 reviews · $ · Point Arena

The tallest lighthouse on the West Coast — climb 145 steps of a 1908 reinforced-concrete tower to a working Fresnel lens and 360-degree Pacific views.

★ 4.7 · 360 reviews · $$ · Point Arena

Guided and self-driven safaris near Point Arena ending with a hand-feeding of endangered Rothschild giraffes.

★ 4.9 · 183 reviews · Free · Sea Ranch

A 360-sq-ft seashell chapel by artist James Hubbell — one of the Sonoma Coast's most photographed landmarks, free daily.