A 2,200-acre oceanfront working ranch north of Fort Bragg, featuring architectural lodge rooms, redwood suites, and miles of private coastal trails.
The Inn at Newport Ranch stands on 2,200 acres of a historic working cattle ranch and timber preserve along the Mendocino Coast, just north of Fort Bragg. Founded by Connecticut investor Will Jackson, who began acquiring the parcels in 1985, the property opened as a luxury lodge in 2015. Jackson collaborated with Vermont architects Dave Sellers and Jim Sanford to design a structure that acts as an extension of the rugged landscape. The architectural centerpiece is the Redwood House, which is supported by 24 massive, bark-on redwood trunks that rise directly through the floors to support the soaring cathedral ceilings. Throughout the Main Inn, design details celebrate local materials: a 20-foot-wide stone fireplace anchors the living room, heavy barn-style doors slide on custom tracks, and a communal dining table is crafted from a single, massive slab of salvaged redwood.
Guests choose from ten distinct accommodations spread across the Main Inn, the Redwood House, the Ranch House, and standalone cabins. In the Main Inn, cozy rooms like The Chute feature wood paneling inspired by the historic lumber chutes that once loaded timber onto ships in the lost 19th-century logging town of Newport. The Hearthstone Junior Suite, located in the adjacent Ranch House, offers a private outdoor hot tub and a stone fireplace. For larger groups, the Sea Drum residence, Jackson's personal four-bedroom vacation home, sits on the edge of the cliffs where the waves crash against the rocks below. Atop the property's historic water tower, a communal hot tub offers panoramic views of the Pacific, providing a vantage point to watch the seasonal migration of gray whales.
The culinary program, led by Executive Chef Nick Wells and culinary consultant Adam Lawrence, centers on a hyper-local, foraged menu that reflects the ranch's nine distinct microclimates. Ingredients are harvested from the property's private gardens, gathered from the surrounding forests, or sourced from local purveyors, resulting in dishes like live-fire grilled black cod with an alder-infused sauce and Stemple Creek beef tenderloin. Guests can explore the vast property, which sits on the ancestral lands of the Yuki people, via 25 miles of private trails on foot, by horseback, or on a guided ATV safari. These trails wind through open coastal meadows where cattle graze, along a mile of dramatic cliffside bluffs, and deep into old-growth redwood forests, offering a private wilderness experience that feels entirely removed from the modern world.
Book a private ATV tour of the 2,200-acre property to explore its nine distinct microclimates, from the wave-battered coastal bluffs to deep redwood groves.
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