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Official Sonoma Valley Visitors Bureau Website 1-866-996-1090 sonomavalley.com WINE COUNTRY DOESN’T GET ANY MORE REAL THAN SONOMA VALLEY, the birthplace of California’s wine industry. Cradled between the Mayacamas and the Sonoma Mountain ranges, Sonoma Valley encompasses a pastoral patchwork of vineyards, quaint farms and 13,000 acres of scenic parkland. Sonoma Valley is also the closest wine region to San Francisco, just 45 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge. In the center of town, the eight-acre Sonoma Plaza is a National Historic Landmark, strewn with sprawling shade trees and bordered by carefully preserved adobe buildings. Up the road in Glen Ellen, author and bohemian adventurer Jack London lived and wrote at his pristine Beauty Ranch, now an 800-acre state historic park. Sonoma Valley abounds with wonderful hiking and biking routes. Here, we’ve highlighted a few of the best, those which showcase Sonoma’s culture, history, winemaking and natural beauty.

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KEEPING SAFE WHILE HIKING + BIKING To fully enjoy these routes, please be safe. Here are a few tips before you begin your Real Wine Country MAPS experience in Sonoma Valley: Sonoma history + wines 02-03 Sonoma’s Overlook 04-05 DRINK UP Bring water in a USE YOUR HEAD Wear a Sonoma Valley Regional Park 06-07 reusable bottle. bicycle helmet. Jack London State Park 08-09 DRESS RIGHT Be prepared RIDE RIGHT Ride bicycles on Sugarloaf Ridge State Park 10-11 with layers and the right-hand side of trails Annadel State Park 12-13 comfortable shoes. and roads. SUNNY SONOMA Wear PASS APPROPRIATELY Warn sunglasses and apply cyclists and pedestrians if sunscreen to exposed skin you are going to pass them. before going out. hiking route SEE THE LIGHT We biking route LEAVE NO TRACE Dispose your recommend you enjoy waste in appropriate these routes during trail receptacles. daylight. roads DEFENSIVE BIKING Please AVOID SIDEWALKS Don’t ride bike path exercise caution—drivers bicycles on them unless it’s park may not see you. a designated bike route. water Ravenswood Winery Bartholomew Park Winery D

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DISTANCE 5000 steps / 2.5 miles DIFFICULTY easy CO2 EMISSIONS PREVENTED 2.75 pounds

DISTANCE 9.7 miles DIFFICULTY moderate CO2 EMISSIONS PREVENTED 10.67 pounds

SONOMA HISTORY + WINERIES The Plaza makes an Vella Cheese and The Patch Pick up some award-winning excellent starting and finishing point for two popular cheese from historic Vella Cheese Co. and farm-fresh hike and bike routes. Here are some highlights: produce at The Patch to keep your energy up! Wineries The wineries on this route reflect the Sonoma Garden Park A community garden oasis where evolution of Real Wine Country. Buena Vista Winery, bikers and hikers can rest and rejuvenate Sebastiani and Gundlach Bundschu represent some ON FOOT Start at the Mission and the Barracks at the north end of the oldest wineries in California, while gems like of the Plaza • continue N on 1st St E to the bike path • head W Ravenswood and Bartholomew Park Winery are on the path to Lachryma Montis • retrace steps E on bike path, recent legends in their own right. passing Vella Cheese and The Patch to Sebastiani Winery •return to Plaza by heading S on 4th St E, then W on E Spain The Mission and The Barracks Founded in 1823, The ON BIKE follow directions above to Sebastiani Winery, then Mission marks the northern end of “The King’s continue E on Lovall Valley Road • N on Gehricke Rd to Highway”--El Camino Real. Across the street, adobe Ravenswood Winery • S on Ghericke Rd • W on Lovall Valley Rd • barracks were built to house Mexican army troops NW on Castle Road to Bartholomew Park Winery • during the mid 1800s. SE on Castle Road • E on Lovall Valley Road • NW on Old Winery Road to Buena Vista Winery • SE on Old Winery Road • E on Lachryma Montis Shipped around the Horn and assembled Lovall Valley Rd • SW on Thornberry until you reach Gundlach in Sonoma in 1852, the charming gothic revival house Bundschu • W on Bundschu Rd • NW on Denmark Rd • N on 7th “Lachryma Montis” (Tear of the Mountain) was inhabited St E • W on W MacArthur St • N on 2nd St E • by General Vallejo and his family for more than 35 years. W on W Napa St back to the Plaza SONOMA HISTORY + WINERIES 03 500 ft

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DISTANCE 3800 steps / 1.9 miles DIFFICULTY moderate CO2 EMISSIONS PREVENTED 2.09 pounds

SONOMA’S OVERLOOK TRAIL Docent-led hikes Trained docents knowledgeable The Sonoma Overlook Trail is a pristine 3-mile about the trail’s flora, fauna and history give walking path that winds along wooded hillsides all regularly scheduled guided walks and are also the way up to a lookout point that gazes out upon available to guide private groups. For further Sonoma Valley. information, contact (707) 996-0712. A diverse array of native plants and animals can be Please visit sonomaecologycenter.org for more information. observed along the gentle-grade trail, as well as DIRECTIONS Start at First St W on the north end of the spectacular panoramas of Sonoma Valley and the Plaza • continue N on 1st St W to the Mountain Cemetery Bay Area from the meadow at the trail’s top. entrance • head N on the trail from the Lower Trail Head Docent-led hikes (see below) are available for • continue on trail up the hill to the Upper Loop and students andST BRAZIL adults many weekends. The trail is Memorial Bench • return down the hill on the trail to the open to the public for walking during daylight hours. Upper Trail head • head S on Cedar and then Palm Walk back to the Mountain Cemetery entrance Sonoma Overlook Trail’s main trailhead lies at the entrance to the Mountain Cemetery, off First Street West, just four blocks north of the Plaza. The upper trailhead takes off from Toyon Road within the Mountain Cemetery. Bicycles, dogs and horses are not permitted on the trail.

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DISTANCE 6000 steps / 3 miles DIFFICULTY moderate CO2 EMISSIONS PREVENTED 3.3 pounds

DISTANCE 2.5 miles DIFFICULTY easy CO2 EMISSIONS PREVENTED 2.75 pounds

SONOMA VALLEY REGIONAL PARK DIRECTIONS Starting at Sonoma Plaza, drive W on West This 162-acre park has paved and dirt trails for hiking, Napa St (Hwy 12) • follow Sonoma Hwy 12 as it curves bicycling and horseback riding. Picnic areas with north • N on Sonoma Hwy 12 • W (left) into Sonoma tables and a lawn area are available at the trail head. Valley Regional Park drive The area features picturesque oak woodlands and Please visit sonomacountyparks.org for more information. beautiful wildflower displays in the spring. ON FOOT from parking lot, follow paved trail 200 yards to The park is open from sunrise to sunset year round. dirt road with trail sign • follow this trail and keep right at all forks • continue to hilltop and enjoy the view from the Parking is $7.00 per vehicle for day use. Special rates benches • continue on trail along the ridge • stay right at apply to buses or trucks carrying more than 9 people. next intersection, keeping the barbed wire fence on your Dogs are allowed but must be on a 6-foot leash at all left • at three way fork, follow middle path • follow this times unless inside the dog park. trail along the north side of the ridge • pass another trail Elizabeth Anne Perrone Dog Park on the right • stay left on the upper trail for a short ascent Bring your dog to then a rocky downhill to the meadow and the paved trail • exercise, play and socialize with other dogs at the N (right) on paved trail back to the parking lot Elizabeth Perrone Dog Park. This fully fenced, 1-acre ON BIKE from parking lot, follow paved trail to the other dog park is located at Sonoma Valley Regional Park side of the park • retrace paved path back to the parking lot off of Hwy 12. It features a double-gated entry, drinking fountain for dogs and a gazebo for shade.

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DISTANCE 3.75 miles DIFFICULTY easy CO2 EMISSIONS PREVENTED 4.12 pounds JACK LONDON STATE HISTORIC PARK enjoyed entertaining friends. This is a good turnaround This park is a memorial to writer and adventurer Jack point for families with young children. London, who resided here from 1905 until his death in Please visit jacklondonpark.com for hours of operation 1916. The park’s stunningly beautiful acreage was once $10 vehicle fee, $5 for walk-ins or on bicycles part of the legendary author’s Beauty Ranch. DIRECTIONS starting at Sonoma Plaza, drive W on West Napa St House of Happy Walls Museum Built by Charmian London as (Hwy 12) • follow Sonoma Hwy 12 as it curves north • a memorial to her husband’s life and work. N on Sonoma Hwy 12 • W (left) on Arnold Dr • in downtown Wolf House ruins Jack and Charmian London’s rustic Glen Ellen, head W (right) on London Ranch Rd dream mansion was nearly complete when it tragically ON FOOT from parking lot, follow trail signs to House of Happy burned down in August 1913. Walls • follow trail signs to Wolf House Ruins •retrace steps to service road and head towards parking lots •from upper lot, follow Jack London’s cottage The couple’s well-preserved main Lake Trail past the barns and London’s Cottage and Pig Palace at• residence is where Jack wrote his books, hosted the gate, keep right to stay on Lake Trail arrive• at London’s Lake countless guests and managed the ranch. It is also the and Bath House • from the Bath House, take the Upper Lake Trail place of his death. to Mountain Trail • follow Mountain Trail to the summit ON BIKE from upper lot, follow Lake Trail past the barns and The Pig Palace Designed by London and built in 1915, the London’s Cottage and Pig Palace •at the gate, keep left on Lake piggery was laid out in a circle to save labor. It’s central Service Rd, arriving at London’s Lake and Bath House• from the feedhouse is surrounded by 17 pens. lake, follow Vineyard Trail • at intersection, follow Orchard Trail London’s Lake and Bath House Where the couple swam and through the Historic Orchard • take New Fallen Bridge Trail back to the lake JACK LONDON STATE PARK 09

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DISTANCE 5200 steps / 2.6 miles DIFFICULTY moderate CO2 EMISSIONS PREVENTED 2.86 pounds

DISTANCE 14,500 steps / 7.25 miles DIFFICULTY challenging CO2 EMISSIONS PREVENTED 7.97 pounds

SUGARLOAF RIDGE STATE PARK DIRECTIONS starting at Sonoma Plaza, drive W on West Napa Sugarloaf Ridge State Park contains the headwaters of St (Hwy 12) • follow Sonoma Hwy 12 as it curves north • N Sonoma Creek, and runs through gorge and canyon, on Sonoma Hwy 12 past Glen Ellen and Kenwood • E (right) across meadow floors and under scenic rocky on Adobe Canyon Rd • continue to parking lot outcroppings. The park boasts 25 miles of trails MEADOW LOOP from parking lot, follow Lower Bald Mountain Trail • at fork, stay right on Meadow Trail • enveloped by redwoods and ferns or by oak woodland at second fork, stay right and continue to Ferguson and chaparral. Deer, gray fox, the occasional bobcat and Observatory • continue on Meadow Trail, through the Planet coyote can be spotted in the park. In spring, wildflowers Walk past the Gray Pine Trail junction • at the next junction, cast a dazzling color palette across green hills. follow Hillside Trail • continue past the first Nature Trail Meadow Loop junction • turn left at the second Nature Trail Junction • One of the best family hikes around, this follow the trail along Sonoma Creek back to the parking lot loop follows the valley floor along upper Sonoma BALD MOUNTAIN LOOP from parking lot, follow Lower Bald Creek. Highlights include a stop at The Ferguson Mountain Trail • at fork, stay right on Meadow Trail • Observatory and a journey down the Planet Walk. at second fork, stay right and continue to Ferguson Bald Mountain Loop Observatory • continue on Meadow Trail, through the Planet The view from the 2,729 feet summit Walk to the first junction • turn left on Gray Pine Trail • of Bald Mountain takes in everything from the Golden turn left on Vista Trail • turn right on Headwaters Trail • Gate Bridge to Mt St Helena. This hike is best during turn right on Red Mountain Trail • turn left on Gray Pine Trail cool months or early morning. and continue to summit • take the Bald Mountain Trail back down to Lower Bald Mountain Trail and the parking lot Please visit parks.ca.gov/?page_id=481 for hours of operation SUGARLOAF RIDGE STATE PARK 11 MO RD NTGOMERY DR ITA A EL CH NNEL DR M 1 mi

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DISTANCE 10,000 steps / 5 miles DIFFICULTY easy CO2 EMISSIONS PREVENTED 5.5 pounds

DISTANCE 14.8 miles DIFFICULTY moderate CO2 EMISSIONS PREVENTED 16.28 pounds

ANNADEL STATE PARK DIRECTIONS starting at Sonoma Plaza, drive W on West For wildflower lovers, Annadel Park offers a great Napa St (Hwy 12) • follow Sonoma Hwy 12 as it curves variety of flowers from early spring until early north • N on Sonoma Hwy 12 past Glen Ellen and Kenwood summer, especially on a hike around Lake Ilsanjo. and into Santa Rosa • W (left) on Melita Rd • W (left) on Montgomery Dr • S (left) on Channel Dr • Follow Channel The best months to see the park’s native blooms Dr as it curves E, then S towards the park entrance are April and May, but some species flower as ON FOOT from parking lot, follow Warren Richardson Trail • early as January or as late as September. at Two Quarry Trail junction, keep right to stay on Warren Annadel’s highlights include thirty-five miles of Richardson Trail • pass the Louis Trail junction and continue to Lake Ilsanjo • head south along the lake via Canyon Trail • trails, plus good black bass and bluegill fishing. continue circling the lake by turning right on Rough Go Trail Tucked away in the heart of the park, Lake Ilsanjo • finish loop around lake by taking a right on Lake Trail •take is a pleasant destination for a day hike. a left on Louis Trail • take a right on North Burma Trail • take A favorite route to Lake Ilsanjo is via Warren a left on Warren Richardson Trail back to the parking lot ON BIKE follow first four steps above • continue on Canyon Richardson Trail, a wide path whose name honors Trail past the lake • SE (left) on Marsh Trail • S (right) on a prominent Sonoma County cattle rancher and Ridge Trail • E (left) on Pig Flat Trail • N (left) on Marsh Trail • avid horseman with a love for trails. Warren E (right) on South Burma Trail • N (right) on Warren Richardson Trail traverses cool forest and open Richardson Trail back to the parking lot meadows on the way to the lake. Please visit parks.ca.gov/?page_id=480 for hours of operation ANNADEL STATE PARK 13