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The Sea Ranch, California is an ideal location for your Northern California dream home. The Sea Ranch covers more than ten miles of the Sonoma coastline, plus several thousand acres of large, open, and natural settings interspersed with award winning architecture. This is a truly unique area that is recognized worldwide for environmentally sensitive planning and architecture.

The Sea Ranch is located 100 miles north of San Francisco on California Coast Highway 1. Situated where the Sonoma/Mendocino Coast meets the Pacific Ocean in a magnificent display of nature. Ocean waves crash upon the rocks, California Grey Whales are often spotted as they pass on their annual trek from the Arctic to Baja California and back again, colonies of Sea Lions and Harbor Seals frolic in the surf and beautiful stretches of sandy beaches beckon the beach comber as The Sea Ranch provides a quiet but active respite from the stresses of daily life.

The Sea Ranch offers a range or housing from luxurious ocean front estates to cozy cottages tucked away in the Redwood forest. The goal of the developer was to create a community where one could come to escape the rigors of city life, walk the more than 10 mile long bluff trail in solitude, beach comb on the sandy beaches, hike through the quiet redwoods, or simply sit on a headland such as Bihler's or Black Point to observe the whale migration in season. Other activities provided include three solar heated swimming pools, tennis, basketball, and volleyball courts, stables for boarding horses, a private airport, and The Sea Ranch Gold Links, in 1990, rated by Golf Digest "one of the five best 9-hole golf courses in the world." In summer, 1996, the course was expanded to 18 holes, and was nominated for consideration for Golf Digest's "Best New Course of The Year" designation. The course was voted into the "top 20 new affordable courses, "(out of 430+ courses) and was the top rated new course for California. The Sea Ranch Golf Links is now listed in Golf Digest's "Places to Play" and Fodor's Travel Guide.

The original 5200 acres of The Sea Ranch eventually became 2310 individual building sites on 3500 acres, half as dedicated, common, open space, and the remaining 1500 acres as forest preserve. The other 200 acres became Gualala Point County Park and campgrounds. The private road system totals more than 40 miles. The building sites are provided with underground utilities; water, electricity, telephone, and TV cable. By 1988, all of the individual sites had been sold. As of December, 2001, more than 1800 homes have been built, and an average of 75 new homes per year have been constructed for the past several years.