Ukiah, California - Facts About Ukiah

Facts About Ukiah

• Ukiah is home to the Vichy Springs, known for their champagne baths. They claim to have the only naturally carbonated hot springs in North America. Visited by several notable figures of the 19th century, it is advertised as Jack London's "favorite hot spot".
• "Ukiah" is the name and subject of a song on the 1973 Doobie Brothers album The Captain and Me.
• Ukiah is featured prominently in C.D. Payne's novel Youth in Revolt.
• One of six original locations of an International Latitude Observatory.
• Some Ukiah area soils are likely to contain naturally occurring asbestos (NOA), as do many parts of California. For more information, see the Air Quality District's page on NOA.
• Competing in the men's division III club level bracket, the Mendocino Steam Donkeys rugby union team, based in the Ukiah area are the first official NCRFU team in the county.
• Ukiah is also well known as the home of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas. Located east of Ukiah, the 488-acre (1.97 km2) temple is one of the largest Mahayana Buddhist communities in the Western Hemisphere. North of town is Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, a community in the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravada Buddhism.
• Ukiah's newspaper is the Ukiah Daily Journal.