• We offer customized mini-retreats, Marriage Encounter weekends, guided hunts, trail rides, cattle handling, bird watching, fossil digs, educational tours, or just ask!
  • Ranch owners, George and Elaine Work are national award winners for environmental stewardship and offer their expertise to those wanting to learn more about land stewardship.
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*Click here for a map with complete directions to the Work Ranch or read written directions by scrolling down this page.
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The Work Ranch is located midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco off of Highway 101.
Traveling South on Highway 101: San Miguel exit (Mission St.), go approximately 1.5 miles, turn left on River Road. At the end of the bridge, turn lift on Cross Canyon Road. Go 4.6 miles and bear left at the intersection, you are now on Ranchita Canyon Rd. Go to the end of the road and at the gate turn right. Follow the signs saying "Work Ranch" - start uphill and go approximately 3/4 mile up the hill on a gravel road to the top to reach the Work Family Guest Ranch.
Traveling North on Highway 101: Exit Highway 46 East, turn right on Highway 46 East and go approximately 5.8 miles. Turn left on Jardine Road. (To stay on Jardine Road, you must turn right about 50 yards after you make this left turn). Go 3 miles, cross a bridge and turn right onto Hog Canyon Road. Go another 3.6 miles and turn right at the "T" in the road and turn right onto Ranchita Canyon Road. Go to the end of the road and at the gate turn right. Follow the signs saying "Work Ranch" - start uphill and go approximately 3/4 mile up the hill on a gravel road to the top to reach the Work Family Guest Ranch.
Traveling West on Highway 46: At Whitley Gardens, at the bottom of the hill just at the end of the bridge, turn right onto Estrella Road. Go 6.7 miles and turn right onto Jardine Road. Go over the bridge and turn right on to Hog Canyon Road. Go another 3.6 mile and turn right at the "T" in the road onto Hog Canyon Extension. Go 5.5 miles to another "T" in the road and turn right onto Ranchita Canyon Road. Go to the end of the road and at the gate turn right. Follow the signs saying "Work Ranch" - start uphill and go approximately 3/4 mile up the hill on a gravel road to the top to reach the Work Family Guest Ranch.
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George & Elaine Work - 75903 Ranchita Canyon Road - San Miguel, CA  93451
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