Monte Rio, California

About Monte Rio

Monte Rio is a small unincorporated community in northwestern California.

Officially, Monte Rio is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.91 square miles.

📰 Monte Rio News Today

• Landslide on State Route 116 West of Monte Rio in Sonoma County California Department of Transportation | Caltrans (.gov) · Jun 2
• Monte Rio Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• Monte Rio Holler: A Slice Worth Waiting For Sebastopol Times · Apr 25
• Monte Rio Grows, Connecting Sonoma’s Redwood Corridor Bay Nature · Jan 8
• A scrappy town on the Russian River is its own kind of wonderland The San Francisco Standard · Jun 20

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Monte Rio Unique

• The only place in America named Monte Rio — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northwestern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Monte Rio

• Bia Cafe (café)
• Blue Heron Restaurant & Tavern
• Boho Manor Restaurant & Bar
• Cape Fear Cafe — seafood
• Fern's Market — pizza
• Gold Coast Coffee & Bakery — coffee shop (café)
• Lightwave Café (café)
• Northwood Restaurant & Bar
• Rio theatre cafe (café)
• Sarah's Kitchen at Highland Dell Lodge

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Christopher Queen Galleries · Art gallery
• Duncans Mills Depot Museum · Museum
• Hoot Owl · Art gallery

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Monte Rio

• Bohemia Ecological Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Creekside Park reviews ★
• Monte Rio Redwoods Regional Park and Open Space Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Angelo Boles Memorial Grove reviews ★
• Creekside Park Communal Orchard and Farm · Garden reviews ★
• Patterson Point Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Vacation Beach Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Monte Rio

• Monte Rio Elementary

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Monte Rio

🏘️ Nearby Communities