Map of the recreational trails in the Santa Rosa area
Recreational Trails in Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa, California
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BIKE PATHS / WALKING PATHS
Brush Creek Trail
Canyon Trail
Colgan Creek Trail
Fountain Grove Parkway Multi-Use Path
Hunter Lane Creek Trail
Joe Rodata Trail
Laguna De Santa Rosa Trail
Roseland Creek Trail
Santa Rosa Creek Trail
Skyhawk Creek Trail
SMART Multi-Use Path
Spring Creek Trail
Todd Creek Trail
West County Trail
RELATED LINKS
Santa Rosa is located about 50 miles north of San Francisco in Central California. The city and surrounding are has several recreational trails for bike riding, running and walking. Many of the trails follow alongside the channels for the local creeks others travel through parks or alongside major thoeoughfares.
Santa Rosa Creek Trail
The Santa Rosa Creek Trail is a 12-mile long system of paved and unpaved pathways that follow the channel for Santa Rosa Creek on the west side of Santa Rosa. The trail is located on one or both sides of the channel.
On its western end, the trail goes past farmland. In Santa Rosa, the trail splits into two branches. The north branch travels past residential neighborhoods, local parks and schools and also splits to the west of Marlow Road. There are a few gaps in the trail for the northern branch.
The southern branch of the Santa Rosa Creek Trail goes pat the regional park named A Place to Play and heads into Downtown Santa Rosa. In the downtown area, this branch connects to the Joe Rodata Trail and the Prince Memorial Greenway Trail.
SMART Mulit-Use Path
The Smart Multi-Use Path has two separate sections of paved pathway in the downtown area of Santa Rosa. The path follows alongside the tracks of the SMART light rail (Sonoma-Marin County Rail Transit) and goes near the SMART Santa Rosa North Station and the SMART Santa Rosa South Station
The northern section of from Guerneville Road to W. 6th Street. Trail users can follow Wilson Street and Railroad Street to meet up with trails that lead to the southern section.
The southern section spans between Highway 12 and Bellevue Avenue. The north end of this section meets the Joe Rodata Trail and is close to the Santa Rosa Creek Greenway Trail and the Prince Memorial Greenway Trail.
Joe Rodata Trail
The Joe Rodata Trail is a 6.4-mile long paved pathway that spans between Sebastopol and Downtown Santa Rosa. The trail follows alongside Route 12 and goes past farmland and commercial and industrial areas. The east end of the Joe Rodata Trail connects to the Santa Rosa Creek Trail in the downtown area.
Prince Memorial Greenway
The Prince Memorial Greenway extends for about half a mile to each side of Highway 101 to the south of Downtown Santa Rosa. The greenway trail acts as an extension of the Santa Rosa Creek Trail.
Resources
Following are links to official off-site resources to find out more details about the recreational trails for bike riding, running and walking in the Santa Rosa area of Central California.
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