Welcome to Sonoma Summit
A private, 1,100-acre mountaintop sanctuary—just an hour north of San Francisco
Situated high atop Sonoma Mountain, Sonoma Summit is a private sanctuary with uninterrupted views stretching from the Bay to the Pacific, the surrounding valleys, and beyond. The landscape is a mosaic of lakes, orchards, high pastures, manicured forests, and an expansive main house compound designed for living, working, and convening. It is both deeply natural and meticulously prepared — a place where visionaries convene to share ideas, walk the land, and explore what’s possible.
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Section 2: Sustainability
A Working Landscape that Sustains Itself
Life here begins in the garden. Mornings often start in the greenhouse or under the orchard trees, with herbs on the air and rows of greens catching first light. Meals feel rooted in the mountain itself rather than in any supply chain.
Around the main house, roughly 8,000 square feet of certified organic greenhouse space, stepped beds, and terraces feed an orchard with more than sixty fruit varieties and seven types of nut trees. Light grazing keeps the upper pastures open and healthy. The landscape reads as wild at a distance, but up close it is clearly a working, self-sustaining hilltop.
Section 3 - Water
An Entire Watershed at the Top of Sonoma Mountain
Water is everywhere here, often just at the edge of sight or sound. A broad lake anchors the center of the property; smaller ponds catch the sky; a shaded canyon carries the sound of falling water through ferns and moss.
The primary lake spans roughly eighteen acres, with a second, more intimate lake set above it. Spring-fed ponds, natural springs, and wells all tie into storage and irrigation, creating a complete high-elevation watershed. Swimming holes, shorelines, and quiet inlets are scattered through the 1,100 acres—places to paddle, wander, or simply sit and watch the surface change with the wind.
Section 4 - Event Activities
A Place to Convene
When people gather at Sonoma Summit, it tends to feel less like an event and more like a long conversation with a remarkable backdrop. A reimagined barn at the lake, an Orangery in the greenhouse complex, and a flexible workspace at the main house give small groups a handful of distinct rooms to move through as the day unfolds.
Sessions can start around a table, spill out under the trees, and end by the fire or at the water’s edge. The setting is quiet, private, and intentionally scaled—designed for invitation-only circles that value depth over spectacle.
Section 5 - Outdoor Activities
A Place to Explore
Step away from the buildings and the mountain opens up. Ridge trails follow long, easy lines with views in every direction; paths drop into cool forest canyons; tracks around the lakes invite slow walks at the edge of the water.
Internal roads and trails connect summit, lakes, barns, and woods, with Jack London State Park and other preservation-minded neighbors extending the sense of open country. You can cover real distance here—on foot, on horseback, or by bike—and still feel that you have been on one continuous piece of land the whole time.
Section 6 - Retreat
A Place to Relax
Sonoma Summit lends itself to stepping out of circulation. Days can begin with first light over the Bay, coffee in the greenhouse, or a quiet walk along the ridge, and then settle into an easy rhythm of reading, thinking, or one-on-one conversations. Nights often end by the fire pit or at the lake, under a dark sky that still shows stars.
The practicalities stay in the background. The main compound—residence, greenhouse, terraces, workspace, and supporting buildings—has been arranged so that comfort, good food, and connection are simply there. The mood is understated and private: a place to recalibrate without needing to announce that you are doing so.
Section 7 - Dominion
A Private Mountaintop Retreat
From the summit stone and the surrounding pastures, the world below falls into clear layers: San Francisco and the Golden Gate, the Pacific beyond, distant peaks, and the wine valleys on every side. The highest points of the ranch rise to just under 2,300 feet, with open ridgelines stepping down through the rest of the holding.
Because the upper spine of this section of Sonoma Mountain sits within a single, continuous 1,100-acre domain, the views feel wholly its own. The sense is less of “a house with a view” and more of a private lookout above the region—a vantage point that is as much about perspective as scenery.
Section 8 - Infrastructure, Privacy, & Security
Brilliantly Engineered, Remarkably Secure
What feels effortless on the surface is supported by a great deal of planning. Paved internal roads tie together summit, lakes, pastures, and compound, while private approaches from different sides of the mountain provide access without inviting through-traffic. Power, abundant on-site water, and modern communications are already in place.
Fire safety has been treated as a core design constraint: managed forest edges, thoughtful fuel breaks, substantial storage, hydrants, and clear access routes all work together quietly. Operations—barns, shop, and service buildings—are concentrated where they belong, leaving most of the mountain dark, quiet, and undisturbed at night. Privacy here is created as much by topography and preparation as by gates.
Section 9 - Diversity & Optionality + Call to Action
One Landscape, Infinite Possibilities
Within a single 1,100-acre envelope, Sonoma Summit holds summit pastures and monument ridge, the eighteen-acre main lake and a second more secluded lake, productive greenhouse terraces and orchards, forest canyons with springs and waterfalls, and working barns and paddocks at the water’s edge. Six legal parcels and very different landforms create a rare range of ways to inhabit the same mountain.
For now, Sonoma Summit serves as an exclusive destination for invitation-only gatherings where investors, technologists, and thought leaders explore long-horizon ideas in a place built for clear thinking. If you would like to learn more about future gatherings or explore ways to work with Sonoma Summit, please reach out in confidence.
If you would like to learn more about future gatherings or explore ways to work with Sonoma Summit, please inquire below.
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