If you’re searching for day-trip inspiration, we’ve got a couple of suggestions. Sitting 18 miles away, Ukiah is worth getting in the car for. See the best sights beginning with Lake Mendocino, City of Ten Thousand Buddhas and Ukiah Municipal Golf Course. Locals are also likely to point you in the direction of Mendocino, 20 miles away. If you can only find time for one thing here, let it be Mendocino Headlands State Park. (But we’re also big fans of Point Cabrillo Lighthouse and Russian Gulch State Park.)