Best Scenic Spot Santa Rosa Near Me

4worldlovers: The park, 60 miles north of San Francisco on the eastern edge of Santa Rosa offers miles of trails for hiking, mountain biking, and trail riding.


For wildflower lovers, Trione-Annadel State Park offers a great variety of flowers from early Spring until early Summer, especially on a hike around Lake Ilsanjo. The best months to see the park's wildflowers are April and May, but there are some plants in bloom as early as January and as late as September.

Dogs are not allowed on trails. Dogs are allowed on a leash under your control only on Channel Drive (a paved road) within the park.

Model Aircraft (“drones”)/Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)/Glider Use is not allowed in the park per Bay Area District Order No. 660-16-036.


Electric-Assist or “E-bikes” are considered motorized vehicles and are not allowed in the park.

Fishing Lake Ilsanjo offers excellent fishing for black bass and bluegill. Black bass weighing nine pounds and more have been caught here. A purple plastic worm is a favored bait for the bass, while the bluegill favor garden worms, small crayfish, and grubs. If you are 16 years of age or older, you must have a California fishing license. Ledson Marsh dries up by late August or early September and so no fish are found there.

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The park is east of Santa Rosa and south of Highway 12 on Channel Drive via Montgomery Drive. 6201 Channel Drive Santa Rosa, California, 95409

Temperatures during the Summer are in the 80s and 90s. Wintertime highs are in the 50s.

Rainfall averages about 30 inches a year, most of it during the winter and early spring.

There is no camping in the park. Fires, campstoves, and barbecues are not allowed.

Note that all plants and wildlife within the park are protected. Collecting or destroying anything in the park, including mushrooms, is prohibited.

Campsites are available at the county campground at Spring Lake and at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, about ten miles east of Annadel via Highway 12 and Adobe Canyon Road.

Horses and bicycles are allowed only on designated trails. Off-trail riding is not permitted.

Drinking water should be carried on the trails. The water in Hunter Springs is suitable for horses only.

Motor vehicles are allowed only on the entrance road and in the parking lot within the park.

4worldlovers:
Come visit Howarth Park, the "jewel" of Santa Rosa. This 138-acre community park provides endless recreational opportunities with a beautiful lake for fishing and boating, a softball field, tennis courts, picnic areas, unique playground structures, miles of hiking and jogging trails, and an amusement area featuring a miniature train ride, carousel, animal farm and pony rides.


For park operational updates, please call 707-543-3425 or visit our Facebook page.

4worldlovers: This 1.8-mile multi-use trail lets visitors experience some of the biologically diverse landscape of Sonoma County's largest freshwater wetland.

Dry in the summer and fall, the Laguna de Santa Rosa transforms into a flooded, marshy landscape during winter rains. Its vernal pools, riparian woodland, and valley oak savannah are rich habitats for wildlife, birds, and plants, including several special-status species.

The trail runs the east side of Laguna's main channel between Highway 12 and Occidental Road, with parking areas and trailheads along both roads.

The trail mostly passes through grasslands dotted with oaks and eucalyptus. Visitors walking north on the trail from the Highway 12 entrance will enjoy distant views of Mount Saint Helena and adjacent vineyards. The trail loops around Kelly Pond, which offers an overlook for great bird-watching.

An additional 0.6-mile pedestrian-only segment loops off the trail toward the riparian cover along the channel and connects with Sebastopol's Laguna de Santa Rosa Wetland Preserve Trail.

The Highway 12 entrance has 12 parking spaces, bike racks, three spaces for horse trailers, a chemical toilet, and trash and recycling bins. The Occidental Road entrance has eight parking spaces and bike racks.

Due to the environmental sensitivity of the area, dogs are not permitted on the pedestrian-only trail segment.

Features a 1.8 mile compacted gravel trail that connects the Occidental Road Trailhead to the Highway 12 Trailhead. The majority of the trail has gentle slopes, but there are two areas where the slope exceeds trail slope standards of 5% for a distance of approximately 70 feet due to the location of the trail easement on the property. Accessible parking is provided at both trailheads.