Ford House Visitor Center and Museum is the perfect place to start any visit to Mendocino. The circa 1854 home offers both historic and current information on the town and the area State Parks, including a broad selection of brochures, books, maps, cards, and gifts.

Mendocino is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California. Mendocino is located 9.5 miles (15 km) south of Fort Bragg, at an elevation of 154 feet (47 m). The population of the census-designated place was 894 at the 2010 census, up from 824 at the 2000 census.