| Neverland Ranch |
| Location: | 5225 Figueroa Mountain Rd, Los Olivos, CA 93441 |
| Size: | Appromixately |
| Employees: | Approximately 70 |
| Acquisition date: | 1988 |
Neverland Valley Ranch is a developed property in
Santa Barbara County, California, owned by
American pop musician
Michael Jackson. It operated as his private amusement park and home when the facility opened in 1988, but is no longer in operation. The property was purchased from golf course entrepreneur William Bone. The property is over 2,800 acres (11 km²) in size; it contains, among other things, a zoo and a theme park, with a
Ferris wheel, merry-go-round, zipper, spider, sea dragon, wave swinger, super slide, dragon wagon kiddie roller coaster and bumper cars. It is named after
Neverland, the fantastical island in the story of
Peter Pan, where children never grow up.
The ranch is located at 5225 Figueroa Mountain Rd, Los Olivos, CA 93441, about 5 miles (8 km) north of unincorporated Los Olivos (about eight miles (13 km) north of the town of Santa Ynez), in the Santa Ynez Valley. The area surrounding Neverland previously consisted of working ranches; today, the area is made up of vineyards. A small prep school, the Midland School, is located across the road from the ranch.
