Rides

This is where you can tap into the local knowledge of your fellow Napa Bike members.  We will list a description of favorite rides by town.  Sometime next year we will set up a rides board, so you can get the word out if you are looking for company the next time you want to do your favorite ride.

Coming soon . . . send a description of your favorite ride in or around American Canyon and we'll put it in. Please include a picture or two!

Downtown Calistoga to Buster's Barbecue - The Scenic Route

This ride is a scenic loop, approximately 25 miles of basically flat riding down Silverado Trail, taking in the beautiful side valley of Crystal Springs Road to Sanitarium Road.  There's a short transition to Glass Mountain Road which returns you back to Silverado Trail.  On the way back to Calistoga, we recommend a detour to Hwy 29 at Larkmead Lane, then back to Silverado Trail via Dunaweal Lane and on to the junction of the part of 29 that goes through the town of Calistoga.

Next, it's a scenic backroads tour through bucolic Calistoga to Tubbs Lane (look for the geyser going off just as you approach Tubbs), for a short stint leading to Bennett Lane (a nearly car-free environment), then south on Highway 128 to Buster's in Calistoga where a well-deserved barbecue lunch and beverage will add to the other rewards of this ride. Here are the route directions and map.

Coming soon . . . send a description of your favorite ride in or around Napa and we'll put it in. Please include a picture or two!

Angwin - It's in the neighborhood . . .

Pacific Union College allows visitors to enjoy the miles of their trail network adjoining its beautiful mountain top campus. The only thing they ask is that you leave the trails clean or cleaner than you find them, and respect the other trail users. Hikers, mountain bikers, and horseback riders have gotten along peacefully here for years just through use of basic courtesy . . . imagine that?

You can enter the property from the airport or from Las Posadas Road. Here is an unofficial, not-to-scale map that will help you find your way around the incredibly beautiful forest. The best way to learn the trails is to ride them and know you can't get too lost since the area is quite compact.

Coming soon . . . send a description of your favorite ride in or around St. Helena (including Angwin, Pope Valley, and Lake Berryessa) and we'll put it in. Please include a picture or two!

Coming soon . . . send a description of your favorite ride in or around Yountville and we'll put it in. Please include a picture or two!