Walking in Sonoma County…mostly

Flat walks

Riverfront Regional Park in Windsor (post office says Healdsburg) has a beautiful picnic ground under the redwoods and a 2-mile loop around a lake. Click picture or here (we’ve been there a couple of times.)

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Also, by the Russian River is the Cloverdale River Park. The view of the river is better and the trail is paved. Picnic grounds here too. Less than 2-miles.

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It makes sense, the north county does have many flat walks due to the mountains. And the mountains are good news for beauty.

Here are some

Not so flat walks

While it starts as an innocent neighborhood park/walk, if you persevere uphill there’s a woodland, view of the Russian River and in spring a magnificent wildflower meadow. Enjoy Healdsburg Ridge Park.

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To the west of Healdsburg is Lake Sonoma and many trails uphill and down. This is a huge area with camping (drive-in or walk-in), boating, fishing and hiking.

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Nearer to Santa Rosa in Windsor it Foothill Regional Park. Once you get uphill, you’ll have a relatively flat walk with several ponds to circle.