Location: County: Lake & Napa. Nearest City:
Calistoga.
Campsites, facilities: No campsites. Point of interest
to visit while on tour.
Reservations, fees: Call park for information.
Contact: Phone the park at 1-707-942-4575.
Operating hours, seasons: Sunrise to Sunset; open all
year round.
Directions: The park is seven miles north of Calistoga
on Highway 29.
Weather, clothing: The best seasons are spring and
fall. The winter provides the best vistas, but also the greatest
chance of snow and chilling wind.
Trip notes: Robert Louis Stevenson State Park is the
place where the famous author of Treasure Island and Kidnapped
spent his honeymoon in 1880. The area features rough terrain,
with evergreen forests in the canyons on north-facing slopes
and chaparral on the south-facing slopes. There is a five-mile
hike to the top of Mt. St. Helena from which one can see much
of the Bay Area. On good days the top of Mt. Shasta can be seen,
192 miles in the distance. Nothing remains of Stevenson's
cabin, but the site is identified on the trail to the summit.
© 2001, Miwok Lodge 439, Order of the
Arrow, Santa Clara County Council Inc., BSA
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