Park Hours: Daylight Savings: 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

                   Standard Time:    10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Museum hours:  10 a.m. to 5 p.m.  

                   Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's day.

Cottage hours:  Currently closed for house museum development.

To reach the park -

From Santa Rosa, take highway 12 towards Sonoma, turn right on Arnold Drive to Glen Ellen; in Glen Ellen take London Ranch Road to the park. 

From Sonoma, take Highway 12 towards Santa Rosa, turn left on Madrone Road, then right on Arnold Drive to Glen Ellen, left on London Ranch Road to the park. 

Once inside the park, turn left to the main parking lot, where you will be met by your docents.

10 a.m. is an ideal starting time, which allows time for the tour, followed by a picnic. By early afternoon, the park gets quite hot in the summer time.   

There are two picnic areas in the park.  There are picnic tables in the parking lot to the left of the entrance station (below the museum). The group picnic area is a short walk from the upper parking lot on a knoll overlooking the Beauty Ranch. (Turn right of the entrance station).

Groups may visit the park and explore it on their own; they may have a museum time slot reserved, or they may request a docent-led tour. Docent-led groups are limited to 60, one group per day.  We will attempt to provide one docent for each 15 – 20 people. 

Due to building size, visits to the museum are limited to 20 persons at a time.  Three reservation time periods are available for the museum each day - 10:00 a.m. , 11:30 a.m., and 1:00 p.m.  

Our docents will meet your group rain or shine, unless you cancel.  If you decide to cancel for any reason, call 707-938-5216.  If you cancel on the morning of a docent-led hike, call docent coordinator Al Stumpf at 707-575-8084.

Park Entrance fees at Jack London State Historic Park are as follows:

The park admission fee may be waived for school groups (K-12), provided that a reservation is made at least three weeks prior to desired date.  This fee waiver is limited to one docent-led and one self-guided school group per day.

            School groups without a reservation are subject to the park entrance fees and may not gain access to the museum if another group holding a reservation is in the park at the same time.

For questions, please call the park at 707-938-5216.

Docent Fees are $20 for the first 20 people plus $1 for each person thereafter, including teachers and parents, for each requested tour. Docent fees and entrance fees paid in advance may be refunded if the tour is cancelled at least 7 days before the scheduled visit.

The Group Picnic Area reservation fee is a non-refundable $50.00 Reservations must be made at least 72 hours in advance. Call 707-938-5216 for reservations.

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