Camping
Oak Shores Campground
Lake Berryessa, Napa, CA
707-966-9363 For campground reservations & rates
or go to www.goberryessa.com.
Operated by Forever Resorts, is one of the facilities on Lake Berryessa for water access and recreation with 100 overnight tent campsites plus 20 additional primitive RV sites (no hookups). Each campsite has a BBQ pit and table. There are water faucets at various locations throughout out the campgrounds. Four restroom facilities with toilets, but no showers are at the campground. Shade shelters are available over some of the picnic tables.
(707) 252-0481
Beverly Thomas
2201 Imola Ave
Napa, CA 94559
www.skylinepark.org
Tent and RV Camping! There are Buildings available for rent. Dogs, hiking, biking Horseback riding and more permitted. Please call for additional information.
Napa Valley Exposition
(707) 253-4900
fax: (707)253-4943
Joseph Anderson
575 3rd St
Napa, CA 94559-2701
www.napavalleyexpo.com
nvexpo@aol.com
$18.00 w/hookups (Water & Electricity); $15.00 Dry Camping; Group Rates Available with up to 50 with hookups or 500 with dry camping. Includes the use of the dump station. Discounts apply on camping fees for groups with over 25 RV’s. Call for more information!
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
3801 North Saint Helena Highway (Hwy 29)
Calistoga, CA 94515
(707) 942-4575
50 Campsites, plus RV Camping. Please call MISTIX at 1(800) 444-PARK to make reservations! Horseback Riding available at this facility, call Napa Valley Trail Rides at (707) 996-8566.
Hiking
Skyline Wilderness Park
Location: Just east of the City of Napa
Directions: Take Highway 29 or 221 to the intersection of Imola Avenue and Soscol Avenue. Follow Imola to its end at Forth Street
Lake Marie Road: Skylines most popular trail
Distance: 4 miles roundtrip
Grade: Easy
Rimrock Trail: Best views in the park. Return via Lake Marie Road, or for the “Superloop” via Skyline Trail.
Distance: 7.5 miles roundtrip
Grade: Moderately Strenuous
Skyline Trail: The classic hike, its four miles are part of the Bay Area Ridge Trail
Napa River Trail
Both are pleasant level walking suitable for all ages.
Location: City of Napa – Trancas to Lincoln Trail.
Directions: 1.5 Miles east of Highway 29 on Trancas Street
Distance: 1 ¼ miles one way
Grade: Easy
Oxbow Preserve Restoration Project
Location: City of Napa - The entrance to the park is from McKenzie Drive just off the Silverado Trail. There is a gate to the park that leads to the parking area that has 8 parking spaces. Dogs are allowed currently on leash per our municipal code.
Hours: The park and parking area are open at sunrise and closed at sunset each day. Distance: 12.7 acres of green in the oxbow of the Napa River across the river from Copia.
Grade: Easy
Kennedy Park Trail
Directions: On Streblow Drive off Soscol Avenue, just south of the Napa Valley College
Distance: 7/8 mile one way
Grade: Easy
Westwood Hills
Hilly oak woodlands with pleasant picnic sites
Location: West of City of Napa
Directions: Take first street exit off Highway 29 west one mile to park entrance on the left.
Distance: 2 miles
Grade: Easy
Alston Park
Popular multi-use for hikers, bicyclists, horses and dog owners
Location: Northwest of the city of Napa
Directions: Take Trower Avenue west from Highway 29 to Dry Creek Road.
Distance 2 ½ miles roundtrip
Grade: Easy
Napa River Ecological Reserve
Rare riparian valley oak woodland on the Napa River
Location: East of Yountville
Directions: One mile east of Yountville on Yountville Cross Road Distance 1 miles roundtrip
Grade: Easy
Rooster’s Ridge
Fish and Game managed land with future trail extension to Stag’s Leap
Location: In the Howell Mountains east of Yountville
Directions: From Trancas Street in Napa the trailhead is 8.7 miles north on Silverado Trail, just south of the county of Napa, Yountville Maintenance Facility
Distance: ½ mile+
Grade: Moderate
Lake Hennessey
Excellent lakeside winter birding at Napa’s municipal reservoir
Location: Conn Valley east of St. Helena
Directions: From St. Helena take Pope Street, Howell Mountain and Conn Valley Road to the Lake.
Distance 4 miles roundtrip
Grade: Easy
Lake Berryessa
Summer is not hiking season, but in the mornings, or if the weather is clement, there are trails to be hiked.
Location: approximately 32 miles from Downtown Napa
Directions: take Silverado Trail to CA-121 N/Monticello Rd, turn left at CA-128 W/Capell Valley Rd, turn right at Berryessa Knoxville Rd/Knoxville Rd, slight left, turn right, turn right.
For more information on the following trails please go to www.berryessatrails.org
Smittle Creek Trail: This is a 2.6 mile easy trail along the shoreline between Smittle Creek Park and Oak Shores Park.
North End Trail: This especially scenic trail winds along the north shore of Lake Berryessa. The trail is an easy one with limited elevation gain and wonderful views down the full length of the lake, some 10 miles away, and to the Blue Ridge to the east.
Pope Canyon Trail: This scenic trail follows the original Pope Canyon Road roadbed for about one and a half miles until the roadbed disappears into the lake.
Segments of the Blue Ridge Loop Trail: The full hike is a 4 mile loop hike up Cold Canyon, and then a climb up to and return along the Blue Ridge. This is a very strenuous hike.
The Homestead Trail: This trail is on land that is part of the UC Davis Natural Reserve System, one of the few such reserves that allows public access. NO DOGS are allowed on this trail to protect the creek, plants, wildlife, and ongoing research projects.
Up to Blue Ridge: This is a strenuous switchback trail from Cold Canyon up to the top of Blue Ridge.
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
Location/Directions: Halfway between St. Helena and Calistoga on highway 29 in the Mayacamas Mountains
Coyote Peak Trail: This popular hike gives the best overview of what the park has to offer.
Distance 5 miles roundtrip
Grade: Moderate
Palisades Trail: Perhaps the best hiking trail in Napa county. Leave a shuttle car at the intersection of Silverado Trail, Highway 29 and Lake Street in Calistoga.
Location: North of Calistoga
Directions: From Calistoga drive eight miles to Robert Louis Stevenson State Park and follow the signs to Table Rock.
Distance 11 miles total one way (Table Rock Trail 2 miles + Palisades Trail 4 miles+ Oat Hill Mine Trail 5 miles)
Grade: Strenuous
Mount Saint Helena
On a clear day you can see from the ocean to the Sierra and from the Mount Shasta to San Francisco.
Location: North of Calistoga
Directions: From Calistoga drive eight miles to Robert Louis Stevenson State Park.
Distance 10 miles roundtrip
Grade: Strenuous