Guides
Armstrong Grove State Preserve
The Pioneer Trail in Armstrong Grove is an excellent example of a typical Old Growth Redwood Forest. This grove was one of the last examples of this type of forest in Sonoma County and set aside in the 1870s by the far sighted lumberman who both cut and appreciated these trees for what they were. This walk is a self guided interpretive walk in old...
Armstrong Grove State Preserve
East Ridge Trail starts at the Redwood grove floor, takes a steep grade up to the ridgetop, follows the ridge, then drops steeply back down to the Redwood shaded valley floor. To get back to the starting point, one uses a level trail through the park's main grove. This trail has two entrances. The first is adjacent to the Visitor Center at the...
Connecting several trails to cover the central third of the park with not a hint of the city just over the hill.
Overview: This walk takes you through the central third of Annadel SP and through some of the best of what the park has to offer. Some of the trails can get quite a bit of hiking, trail running, and bike traffic, .but for the bulk of this trip it never really seemed crowded. Lake Ilsanjo offers fishing and some of the most beautiful and bountiful...
a great 5.6 mile hike
To get to the trail head take Sonoma highway 12 to Los Alamos road (it is clearly marked) approximately 6 miles, it will turn into Timberline Drive, take it to the trail head. Take the Goodspeed trail marked on the left side of the road. You will go over a foot bridge then double track along the creek and upward. As you ascend there are views of the...
Take in awesome views on a hike to the summit of the highest peak in the California Wine Country
You might forget you came for the wine when you gaze upon the stunning panorama at the 4,342 summit of Mount St. Helena in Robert Louis Stevenson State Park. The peak north of Calistoga looms large above the rolling hills of Napa and Sonoma counties in the Northern California Wine Country. The five-mile hike to the summit has over 2,000 feet of elevation...
Beauty Ranch and London Lake at Jack London State Historic Park
This loop walk will include portions of the Beauty Ranch, the London’s experimental farm, vineyard views, a redwood forest walk, and London Lake. The walk will also take one to start-offs for several additional trails covering the bulk of Jack London SHP. Jack London’s “Beauty Ranch” comprises about 1400 acres stretching from the floor of...
Loop Walk on the Lower Trails: Happy Walls House and Museum, Jack and Charmian’s Grave Site, Wolf House Ruins, Vineyards
This short hike highlights the lower portion of Jack London SHP. Featured are the Happy Walls House and Museum, Jack and Charmian’s grave site, and the Wolf House Ruins. Started in 1910 the Wolf House was to be a 15,000 square foot home featuring custom furniture, a reflecting pool, and more. In August of 1913, shortly before Jack and his wife...
Trips
My first trip so far to Everytrail.com so I hope someone checks it out. It has been one mf my favorite hikes I have ever done, one because it is beautiful all times of year and two, its EXTREMELY close to home for me.
We drove from Sacramento, up through Napa Valley (stopping for some tasting along the way, of course) and then up just outside of Calistoga to Robert Louis Stevenson state park, where Mt St. Helena rests. We hiked about half way up the mountain and had a picnic lunch with a fabulous view!On the way back we stopped and explored the town of Calistoga.
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Drive to RLS and hike to Mt. St. Helena and back to RLS
Monroe, California, United States
Hiking | 30 miles (6.0 miles away)
Hiking | 30 miles (6.0 miles away)
BSA Troop 134 Day Hike of Mt. St. Helena. GPS data is drive from Santa Rosa to Robert Lewis Stevenson park then hike to the top and back to RLS.This is our first trip upload and our first use of GPS. Purpose is to document our entire trip, start to finish, to assist others planning same trip.
Mt Hood -- Bay Area Ridge Trail
Santa Rosa, California, United States
Hiking | 5.7 miles (14.6 miles away)
Hiking | 5.7 miles (14.6 miles away)
One of the Steeper sections of the Bay Area Ridge Trail, I skipped the side trip to Merganser Pond as I was time limited from having to pick up the girls back in Santa Rosa so we could head over to Russian River BC for dinner. Wildlife seen: blue tailed skink, ring neck snake and maybe a fox, small coyote or small bobcat, didn't get a good picture of the latter.It's a...
A short hike while attending CREDO at Bp's Ranch.
A short hike I took on the Ranch during CREDO.
Nice hike with 2,100 ft. elevation gain and some really beautiful views of the surrounding Napa and Sonoma Valleys all the way to lake Berryessa, in the Robert Louis Stevenson State Park near Calistoga, CA. My first hike published on EveryTrail.com, so I still have to work on some details ...
Drove up from San Jose to hike some different scenery. We made good time getting up to the top and enjoyed the wonderful views. Saw a gray fox on the way up which was a treat for me as I haven't seen one that I can remember. After quite a while hanging around on the summit we made a quick descent and headed over to Russian River Brewing Co for some wonderful...
Mount Saint Helena - Race to Death
Calistogs, CA, United States
Hiking | 10.2 miles (13.8 miles away)
Hiking | 10.2 miles (13.8 miles away)
The saga of attempts to hasten my ultimate demise continued this cool February morning. We started early from San Jose to reach the trail head around 9 AM. It was a clear day and somewhat cool at around 55-60F. We started out around 9:30 am, being cautious crossing the road, to the trail head. Just crossing the road was he first attempt on me. The series of cutbacks were pretty easy. You...
