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Robert Louis Stevenson State Park is a California state park, located in Sonoma, Lake and Napa counties. The park offers a 5-mile (8 km) hike to the summit of Mount Saint Helena from which much of the Bay Area can be seen. On clear days it is possible to see the peak of Mount Shasta, 192 miles (310 km) distant.
The peak is accessible by hiking trails leading from Robert Louis Stevenson State Park. [3] The trails are approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) long. Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife Fanny Vandegrift Osbourne spent the summer of 1880 honeymooning in an abandoned mining camp on Mount Saint
Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park; Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park; Pío Pico State Historic Park; Point Sur State Historic Park; Railtown 1897 State Historic Park; Robert Louis Stevenson State Park; San Juan Bautista State Historic Park; San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park; Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
The Palisades are located in Robert Louis Stevenson State Park on the other side of California State Route 29 as Mt. St. Helena. The Palisades trailhead is located on the valley floor of the Napa Valley near Calistoga and is a 6-mile one way hike.
The Robert Louis Stevenson State Park now encompasses the area where the Stevensons stayed. The entrance to the park is at the summit of State Route 29. A new trail has been constructed in recent years. The Robert Louis Stevenson Museum in St. Helena, California, is dedicated to Stevenson.
Robert Louis Stevenson House, illustration by Jo Mora. Robert Louis Stevenson House, Photo by Julian P. Graham. Stevenson House kiosk provided by Monterey State Historic Park. The original adobe was built circa 1836 by Don Rafael Gonzalez, who was the customs administrator at the Port of Monterey. [4]
The source begins as seasonal Kimball Canyon Creek in Robert Louis Stevenson State Park at an elevation of 3,745 feet (1,141 m) which descends the southern slope of Mt. St. Helena to Kimball Canyon Dam. [1] [5] It flows south for 4 miles (6 km), entering the head of the slender Napa Valley north of Calistoga.
State Route 29 (SR 29) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that travels from Interstate 80 in Vallejo north to State Route 20 in Upper Lake.It serves as the primary road through the Napa Valley, providing access to the Lake County region to the north and the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area to the south.