Bothe-Napa Valley State Park offers quiet and seclusion on the edge of the Napa Valley wine country. Visitors can follow hiking trails along a stream or climb to a vintage point on Coyote Peak at 1170'. Trails lead to nearby Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park as well as a grove of redwoods. The park does not have the typical redwood groves as found in coastal areas. These redwoods tend to grow along streams or near springs.

For thousands of years before it became a state park, the area was home to a group of native Americans known as the Wappo. In the 1840s, and Englishman named Dr. Ed T. Bale acquired a land grant from the Mexican government. The grant included most of the valley floor between Rutherford and Clistoga. The grant was broken up by sales and barter with many of the early pioneers. Since most of the park is in the western hills it contains only a small part of Bale's original grant.

This area was later developed as a large private estate by the Hitchcock family. Later, a large part of the estate was purchased to develop a private resort called "Paradise Park." The area today contains almost 2,000 acres. The park has campsites and a swimming pool. A horseback rental concession operates during the summer and fall.

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Reservations for Bothe Napa available at:

Bothe_Napa Valley State Park Reservations

Directions:
The park is located 5 miles north of St. Helena and 4 miles south of Calistoga on Highway 29/128.

Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
3801 St. helena Hwy.
Calistoga CA 94515

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