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Jack London Historic State Park Museum Opening


  • Jack London State Historic Park 2400 London Ranch Road Glen Ellen, CA, 95442 United States (map)

Entrance fee: $10/per car
House of Happy Walls exhibit is complimentary with entrance into the Park

Saturday, November 10

10am, grand re-opening ribbon cutting ceremony will be led by Lynne Deegan McGraw and District Supervisor Susan Gorin, at 10am outside the House of Happy Walls.

11am

  • Take a horseback ride with Triple Creek and experience a ride through the Sonoma Valley like Jack himself would have galloped over 100 years ago (additional fee). Learn more and make reservations with Triple Creek.

  • Enjoy a free tour of Jack London’s iconic and historic Beauty Ranch

  • Ruins and Readings – a tour to the Wolf House. Learn more and make

  • reservations

  • Be like Jack London and set out for an adventure hike to the redwoods with docent Karin Guzman

11:30am

  •  Gather ‘round for a short story penned by Jack London himself, read-aloud led by docent, Jeff Falconer.

1pm

  • A taste of Beauty Ranch - Ranch Stories and Wine. Learn more and make reservations

  • Meet up on the sundeck porch and join a discussion exploring Charmian London with Iris Jamahl Dunkle, a Jack & Charmian London scholarLearn more

2pm

• Fencing demonstration and instruction by En Garde Fencing-Santa Rosa

9am- noon

The Sugar Shuttle will be available to take hikers between Jack London State Historic Park and North Sonoma Mountain Regional Park. Make reservations

Sunday, November 11

10am

  • Tour the newly renovated and reimagined museum inside the House of Happy Walls

  • Set out on a discovery hike, exploring the park’s natural flora and fauna with naturalist John Lynch. Learn more

  • Sign up for a horseback ride from Triple Creek, available throughout the day for an additional fee. Learn more and make reservations with Triple Creek.

11am

  • Ruins and Readings – a tour to the Wolf House. Learn more and make reservations

  • Enjoy a docent-led tour of Jack London’s Beauty Ranch - including a visit to the barns on the ranch, the Pig Palace and the silos

11:30am

  • Join Doug McConnell, host of the Open Road with Doug McConnell – NBC Bay Area, at House of Happy Walls as he discusses Jack London Park.

11:30am- 1:30pm

  • Gather in the Oak Grove Picnic area for a celebratory community picnic. Enjoy hot dogs provided by Sonoma Lions Club

  • Kite flying, face painting, carriage rides (noon to 2:00pm) and music by Wine County Ragtime Festival’s Director, John Partridge in the Eucalyptus Grove picnic area

1pm

  • A taste of Beauty Ranch - Ranch Stories and Wine. Learn more and make reservations

  • Take a docent tour of Jack’s grave site and Wolf House in the House of Happy

  • Cecelia Tichi, scholar/author of Jack London: A Writer’s Fight for a Better America, hosts a lecture on the sunporch.

2pm

Relate to Jack London’s love of the sea when award winning author Jean Walker Harvey reads her new children’s book, “Boats on Bay” followed by a Boat Mobile Craft Activity

9am-noon

The Sugar Shuttle will be available to shuttle hikers between Jack London State Historic Park and North Sonoma Mountain Regional Park. 

Earlier Event: November 10
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