Attractions and Places To See around Middletown - Top 6

Housed in the historic 1920s library (which moved to a modern large facility across the street) the museum is small with few exhibits yet. Its mission is to preserve and share the local cultural and economic heritage of southern Lake County – both Native American prehistory and the development of critical industries by early European settlers: toll-roads as networks for stage travel, widespread vineyards and wineries, extensive quicksilver mining, and resorts based on clear air and natural springs. Free, donations welcome. Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10am-4pm, but call to make sure. The county website erroneously said Wednesday, which cost me a day ... (707) 809-8009 or https://www.facebook.com/CGibsonMuseumCulturalCenter

The tall water storage towers on top of the north and South side of Rabbit Hill are decorated with traditional native American motifs.

Panoramic picnic overlook on the hill in the middle of the little town, with a view of all the activities below but somehow undisturbed and without evening hikers. The gravel trail on the southeast side is gradual climb ok for biking, the paved descent to the northwest is too steep to climb up

Idyllic setting at the north side of Putah Creek, with large open pastures and vineyards. With the vintage vehicle in the open shed it could serve as a movie set for the 1950s.

Harbin Hot Springs is a spiritual grounding place immediately on the first visit to the healing waters and new-age community that took over this idyllic valley in 1972. It all started when a hippie used a sudden inheritance to buy the former health resort and in fact the entire valley, founded the 'Heart-Conscious Church's and attracted a steady stream of spiritual and physical wellness seekers, that enjoy, mostly naked, the natural hot springs, the yoga, massage, and each other. Over time the pools and hotel facilities became fancier, but you could always pop in for a 24 hour soak including free camping, free yoga sessions, various spiritual gatherings, a lively community kitchen, evening movie shows, and much more, all for a small fee. Unfortunately many of the buildings got destroyed by a series of wildfires, mainly the 2015 Valley Fire en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Fire , and it took years to rebuild. The old charming resident community, temples, etc have not yet returned. But it was heartwarming to see that the pools are restored and improved, camping is still included for free, yoga is slowly returning once a day guided by volunteers, and many of the creative and lovely guests are still coming, even though the expensive reconstruction resulted in a doubling of the entrance prices. Finally biked from the bottom to the top of the large valley entirely owned by Harbin, perfectly rewarded by yoga and three times in one day several long soaks in the various pools, sauna, steam room, and water massage jets. Bliss ♨️