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Mount Konocti over Clear LakeHow to Get Here

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Regional Map

From the NorthWest

From Ukiah, and places North on Highway 101:

  • Take Highway 101 to Calpella
  • Go East on Highway 20. Go 40 miles, until you pass the town of Clearlake Oaks.
  • Turn right (South) on Sulphur Bank Drive.
    Go 3 miles, until you can see Borax Lake on your left.
  • Turn right (West) on North Drive.
    Go 2½ miles, until when near the end of the peninsula,
    you get to a tee where the road to the right does not go through.
  • Turn left on Crestview Drive.
    Go less than a quarter mile, until a dirt road forks off to the left.
  • Keep right when the road forks at Lakeshore Drive.
    Go 1½ miles,
    until you get to a small hamlet in a hollow on the left, with wooden street signs.
  • Palo Alto Drive
    Turn left at Palo Alto Drive
    (the first street in the hamlet, by the house with the white picket fence).
  • Follow the directions to my place.

Note: This is the shortest, fastest, and most scenic way.
If this sounds too rural for you, you may go East on Highway 20 an additional 2½ miles,
turn right on Highway 53, and pick up the directions from the East.


From the East

From Chico, Marysville, and Sacramento:

  • Take Highway 5 to Williams
  • Go West on Highway 20. Go 35 miles.
  • Turn left (South) on Highway 53.
    Go 3.5 miles until you see a sign for Olympic Drive.
  • Turn right (West) on Olympic Drive.
    Go 1¾ miles to Lakeshore Drive
  • City Hall
    Turn right (NorthWest) on Lakeshore Drive (by City Hall)
  • Follow the directions to Pirate's Cove


From the SouthWest

From Sonoma County, Napa Valley, and Lakeport:

  • Take Highway 53 or Highway 29 to the town of Lower Lake.
  • Go North 3 miles on Highway 53.
  • Turn left (West) at the light onto Lakeshore Drive (W. 40th Street).
  • City Hall and Park
    Go 1¾ miles, past City Hall.
  • Follow the directions to Pirate's Cove


To Pirate's Cove

From Clearlake City Hall:

  • Turn Left
    Continue out Lakeshore Drive.
    Go 2½ miles, until the road bends to the right and goes up a hill.
  • Turn left (West) at the tee at the top of the hill.
  • Lakeshore Drive will continue West, running across the hillside.
    Go out another mile.
  • Bear Left
    Bear left when the road forks at Crestview Drive.
  • Pirates Cove inland hamlet
    Go along Lakeshore Drive another half mile.
    The road will drop down the hillside and run along the shore.
    There will be a small hamlet in a hollow on the right.
  • Palo Alto DriveTurn right at Palo Alto Drive
    (the last street in the hamlet, by the house with the white picket fence).
  • Follow the directions to my place.

Area Map
Vicinity Map

To My Place

From Pirate's Cove:

    Bear Left
  • Go up the hill a couple blocks,
    weaving to the left around the neighbor's parking lot.
  • My House
    Park at the red cabin. Try to leave room for someone to get around you.

Note: Distances are approximate.


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