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Covelo - Round Valley

Dos Rios and Covelo lie along California 162 as it heads farther up into the mountains in the northeast corner of the County.

Dos Rios, high on a ridge overlooking Round Valley, is where the Eel River splits, its Middle Fork heading east and the main Eel continuing
south. This is home to the Vin de Tevis winery, which offers tastings by appointment.

From Dos Rios, you descend into the mountain-rimmed bowl of Round Valley and the small town of Covelo, which lies almost entirely within the boundaries of the Round Valley Indian Reservation (California’s largest—and where the indigenous Pomo were moved when the Mendocino Reservation, overseen by Ft. Bragg on the coast, was relocated to make way for logging).

While Covelo’s population numbers fewer than 1,200, a disproportionate number of residents are artists. Talented locals specialize in media as varied as Japanese textiles, ceramics, photography, painting, sculpture, and Native American beading and basketmaking.