Ukiah dispensaries: licensed shops off US-101 (2026)

By car, take US-101. Visit Ukiah puts the Sonoma County Airport (STS) in Santa Rosa about 55 miles and 1 hour south, San Francisco International about 127 miles and 2.5 hours south, and Sacramento International about 138 miles southeast. For downtown, take Exit 549, Perkins Street and Vichy Springs Road.

Without a car, Mendocino Transit Authority Route 65 CC Rider runs every day between Fort Bragg, Willits, Ukiah and Santa Rosa. Southbound buses stop at the Sonoma County Airport and the SMART train on request; northbound buses stop there on schedule. MTA changed Route 65 service on 14 Sep 2026, so check the current timetable. Routes 65 and 95 run daily except Thanksgiving and Christmas, and every MTA bus is wheelchair accessible with a 2-bike rack.

In town, Redwood Taxi and Taxi 707 provide on-call rides 24 hours a day, and about 2 miles of Great Redwood Trail multi-use path run through the city. Ukiah Municipal Airport (UKI) has a 4,415-foot lighted runway one mile south of downtown for private pilots.

On the road, keep cannabis sealed or in the trunk: an open container in a vehicle is illegal in California. Cannabis is still illegal under federal law, so do not take it across state lines or onto federal land. Our tourist rules guide covers the details.

Several licensed shops sit along State Street, and Cannavine is in Airport Park at the south end of town. Cannavine is at 1230 Airport Park Boulevard off Talmage Road: take the Airport Park Boulevard exit from US-101, and park in front of the store. Cannavine puts it about five minutes south of downtown and School Street. Kure's South Ukiah store at 1480 South State Street is about 0.4 mile away in a straight line, as is Heritage Mendocino at 1076 Cunningham Street, just off Talmage Road, where visitors can watch solventless hash being made.

Downtown, Vibe by California is at 441 North State Street, about 1.5 miles north of Cannavine in a straight line. Its own page lists 9am to 9pm every day and says the store has plenty of parking.

For downtown, use US-101 Exit 549, Perkins Street and Vichy Springs Road. Ukiah Municipal Airport (UKI), one mile south of downtown, serves private pilots; the City of Ukiah names the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa as the region's commercial airport. Redwood Taxi and Taxi 707 run 24 hours a day.

Ukiah sits in the Emerald Triangle: Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity counties, which ABC News described in 2010 as specializing in cannabis production since the mid-1970s. Ukiah is the Mendocino County seat, according to Visit Ukiah.

Visit Ukiah says cannabis first appeared in the annual Mendocino County Crop Report in 1979, valued at about $90 million, second only to timber at $128 million. In 2010 an unnamed county official told ABC News that cannabis, though not listed in the annual crop report, was the county's major crop.

In July 2008, Mendocino County's sheriff and district attorney said they would not enforce the plant limits of voter-approved Measure B while legal challenges were pending, and would keep allowing 25 plants. The Emerald Cup started in the early 2000s as an after-harvest party for Emerald Triangle growers in Mendocino County (Press Democrat reports give 2003 and 2004), and its founder, Tim Blake, lived in Laytonville as of 2021.

The county's tourism commission calls cannabis part of Mendocino County's heritage. Visit Ukiah also notes that Hopland, south of Ukiah on US-101, is named for the hop growing that once made the county a major hop supplier.

No Mendocino cannabis appellation exists yet. As of 23 Sep 2026, the Cannabis Appellations Program page of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) said it was not accepting petitions to establish an appellation of origin and expected to open petitions in late 2026.

The idea dates to Proposition 64 in 2016. Only licensed outdoor cultivators may petition, and the mature flowering plants must be grown without structures or artificial light inside the proposed boundary. CDFA published modified proposed rules on 3 Jul 2026 and took public comment until 24 Aug 2026.

Until the program opens, read any Mendocino origin claim on a label as the brand's own description, not a state appellation. Our label guide explains what a California label must show.