{"id":1136655,"date":"2026-08-07T22:14:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1136655\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:14:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:14:31","slug":"jack-londons-150th-birthday-celebration-in-the-valley-of-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1136655\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack London\u2019s 150th Birthday Celebration in the Valley of the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author Jack London\u2019s legacy is felt far and wide, but especially in Glen Ellen<\/a> where he built his dream ranch, now home to Jack London State Historic Park, which is celebrating his 150th birthday<\/a> all year long with special events.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at London and his namesake park in Glen Ellen, by the numbers.<\/p>\n

93,350 visitors<\/strong> to Jack London State Historic Park in 2025.<\/p>\n

\"JackAt Jack London State Historic Park in Glen Ellen. (Jack London State Historic Park)<\/p>\n

8 varieties of fruit trees<\/strong> in the park\u2019s historic orchard, some of which are more than 100 years old.<\/p>\n

4,029 books sold<\/strong> at the bookstore in the House of Happy Walls Museum<\/a> last year. 70% of those were books by Jack London.<\/p>\n

\"InsideInside the House of Happy Walls Museum at Jack London State Historic Park in Glen Ellen. (Sonoma County Tourism)
\n\"SummitSummit at Jack London State Historic Park in Glen Ellen. (Jack London State Historic Park)<\/p>\n

2,370 feet<\/strong> is the highest elevation in the park at the end of the Mountain Spur Trail. It offers views of Sonoma Valley and as far as Mount Diablo, some 45 miles away as the crow flies.<\/p>\n

15,200 hours<\/strong> logged last year by 250 park volunteers who do everything from leading tours and hikes to playing the 125-year-old Steinway grand piano in the museum.<\/p>\n

3,000 pounds<\/strong> of fruit donated from the historic orchard to Farm to Pantry<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n

\"VolunteerVolunteer gleaners for Farm to Pantry work at the historic orchard on the Jack London State Park property, harvesting plums and other fruit for Sonoma County people in need. Photographed Aug. 14, 2021. (Christian Kallen \/ Sonoma Index-Tribune)
\n\"PlumsPlums in a tree at the historic orchard at Jack London State Park, awaiting a new life from gleaning by Farm to Pantry. (Karen Preuss \/ Jack London State Historic Park)<\/p>\n

2,200+ acres of land<\/strong> makes up Jack London State Historic Park, which grew in recent years<\/a> when 650 acres of open space land from the Sonoma Developmental Center was transferred to California State Parks.<\/p>\n

51 tours and programs<\/strong> provided for 24 schools last year.<\/p>\n

167,551 words<\/strong> in London\u2019s book, \u201cValley of the Moon<\/a>,\u201d his longest. The novel follows the journey of a working-class couple who leave the city in a search for farmland.<\/p>\n

\"JackDecor at the Jack London Lodge, Restaurant and Saloon in Glen Ellen. (Robbi Pengelly \/ Sonoma Index-Tribune)<\/p>\n

750 dollars<\/strong> is how much London made when he sold \u201cThe Call of the Wild<\/a>\u201d to The Saturday Evening Post in 1903. That equates to roughly $27,000 today.<\/p>\n

37 entries<\/strong> in the 2026 Young Writers Contest put on by Jack London Park for middle school students. This is the contest\u2019s 11th year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"JackAt Jack London State Historic Park in Glen Ellen. London\u2019s book \u201cValley of the Moon,\u201d inspired by his life in Glen Ellen, is his longest. (Tom Deininger \/ Sonoma County Tourism)
\nJack London Park Partners Gala<\/p>\n

Jack\u2019s 150th: A Bold Wish<\/strong><\/a>, from 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026<\/p>\n

Enjoy a night of food, wine, and music in the Eucalyptus Grove and among the winery ruins with dinner from Park Avenue Catering<\/a> and wines provided by Lasseter Family Winery<\/a>. Tickets: $350. 2400 London Ranch Road, Glen Ellen. 707-938-5216, jacklondonpark.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author Jack London\u2019s legacy is felt far and wide, but especially in Glen Ellen where he built his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1136656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,235557,4884,31471,309064,257,309065,16,15,309066],"class_list":["post-1136655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-glen-ellen","tag-great-britain","tag-jack-london","tag-jack-london-state-historic-park","tag-london","tag-sonoma-author","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-valley-of-the-moon"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117056534865997540","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1136655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1136656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1136655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1136655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1136655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}