Jack London SHP (Sonoma Mountain)
Glen Ellen, Sonoma County · near Glen Ellen · SF Bay Area
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- strenuous
- Route type
- out-and-back
- Distance
- 9 miles
- Elevation gain
- 1,800 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Spring (wildflowers, green) · Shady upper forest tolerable in summer
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- State Park; ~$10 parking. Dogs on the historic core/paved areas only, not backcountry trails.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 1 of 5
What is here
- Features
- Wolf House ruins · House of Happy Walls museum · Sonoma Mountain climb (~2,400 ft) · Redwoods & vineyard views · Lake
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- No
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- Tour Wolf House and the museum on the way down; the summit-side overlook (not a true open peak) is the turnaround.
The guide
Literary history meets a legitimate mountain hike — the author's 'Beauty Ranch,' the haunting stone ruins of Wolf House, and a …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Jack London SHP (Sonoma Mountain) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.3548, -122.5433