Mar Vista Cottages
at Anchor Bay
Directions
From San Francisco only one turn is required:
Go north across the Golden Gate Bridge on State Highway 101 To Petaluma.Take the Washington Street exit.
Turn left going west on Washington Street.
Continue for a bit less then 80 wondrous miles of world famous vistas of California's coast.
Mar Vista is on the right, just north of Anchor Bay, after you pass the camp grounds in the gulch.
Detailed Driving Instructions...
From Sacramento the directions are the same as the San Francisco directions above after Petaluma:
Take Interstate Highway 80 west past Fairfield to the Highway 12 west exit at Jameson Canyon Road.Going west you will jog through a variety of small roads as you make your way to Petaluma: Jameson Canyon Road to
Napa Valley's Highway 29 to Carneros Highway.
Now look for Route 121 and let Route 12 go north without you.
Find and take Route 116 at Arnold Drive as it leads you to Stage
Gulch Road and Lakeville Highway into Petaluma.
Turn left at Washington Avenue and follow the guide above to Bodega Bay, Jenner, Gualala and Anchor Bay.
Alternative Routes:
AThe most scenic route (for the twisted) is State Highway 1, known as the Shoreline Highway, from Mill Valley, exiting right after Sausalito.
Take the day for a trip you will always remember. You can stop and enjoy: Mount Tamalpais, Muir Woods, Muir Beach, Stinson Beach, Bolinas, Olema, Point Reyes National Seashore, Point Reyes Station, Tomales Bay, Marshall, and Tomales before you join the main route at Valley Ford.
B
Avoid the sharp curves between Bodega Bay and Jenner by taking the Russian River route. Do not exit Highway 101 at Petaluma. That is to say, remain on Highway 101 through Petaluma, Cotati, Rohnert Park and Santa Rosa. Exit at River Road and Mark West Springs Road (which goes east). Turn left onto River Road going west to the Russian River and Guernville. Continue down the Russian River, through the various summer camps, on Route 116 to Jenner and then on the main route north on State Highway 1, described above.
Location
of Mar Vista Cottages at Anchor Bay:
35101 South Highway One
Shoreline Highway
Gualala, California 95445
Mar Vista's entrance is at the Five Mile county road marker on State Highway 1 in Mendocino County (indicating that it is five highway miles north of the county line shared with Sonoma County down the middle of the Gualala River).
Please be wary of alternative directions to Mar Vista suggested by "on-line" internet trip planning services and other computer trip planning software.
For example, Fish Rock Road may be recommended.
However, you should avoid Fish Rock Road.
Fish Rock road is a long, slow, dusty, winding trek that many of our guests have reported to be very arduous.