Bonny Doon, named by an early Scottish settler after a well known song, encompasses a wide area between the ocean village of Davenport over to Felton and Ben Lomond. The spectacular topography ranges from coastal redwood forests to open meadows and includes some of the Zayante Sand hills habitat. There's a local school, volunteer fire department and some wineries, plus the amazing Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve. In fact, there is a native stand of the extraordinarily rare Santa Cruz Cypress Tree nearby.

The area is rather exclusive, featuring well built homes on larger than average properties; hence the average prices for single family homes are in the range of $900,000 as of March 2007.