KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Kelseyville County Park, located at 5270 State St. in Kelseyville, is a three-acre treasure.

It's fully loaded for fun with a sports field, playground and basketball court.

The views of lush oaks and stately Mount Konocti in the background cannot be beat.

Our favorite volcano rises to over 4,000 feet and is considered extinct.

This highly visible landmark is made of five separate peaks: Howard, South, Buckingham, Wright and Clark peaks.

Mount Konocti is thought to have erupted initially over 350,000 years ago, with its last blast having occurred 11,000 years ago. 

At Kelseyville's County Park a covered picnic area is provided, along with a barbecue and restroom. 

Kelseyville, situated in beautiful Big Valley proudly boasts, acre for acre, the largest amount of arable land in Lake County.

Early on in Kelseyville's history oats were planted, then came the world-renowned walnut and pear orchards.

Kelseyville's vineyards were under cultivation as far back as the 1850s, then along came Prohibition, when many of those first vines were ripped out and replaced by more pears.

According to “The History of Napa and Lake Counties,” “The first settlers here were of course, Stone and Kelsey, but it was long after their day before any idea of locating a town here was had by the citizens of that section. The first business place was opened here by a blacksmith by the name of Benham, who opened a shop here in 1857, and he had associated with him a wagon maker named German. No other place of business was begun until 1864, when T. F. Fall opened a store, which was the pioneer in that line. Messrs. Rosenbreau & Pace opened a store and boarding-house also in 1864. From that time on to the present the growth of the town has been steady, though not very fast.”

Kathleen Scavone, M.A., is an educator, potter, writer and author of “Anderson Marsh State Historic Park: A Walking History, Prehistory, Flora, and Fauna Tour of a California State Park” and “Native Americans of Lake County.” She also writes for NASA and JPL as one of their “Solar System Ambassadors.” She was selected “Lake County Teacher of the Year, 1998-99” by the Lake County Office of Education, and chosen as one of 10 state finalists the same year by the California Department of Education.