Great walking surface during rainy season

Bridge
Access to the trail from Olive Park is via this new and well maintained bridge.
User: Austin Explorer - 2/5/2017

Location: Santa Rosa Creek Trail

Rating: 2stars
Difficulty: 2stars  Solitude: 2stars
Miles Hiked: 6.62 Miles  Elapsed Time: 2 hours, 16 minutes

Comments:

Coppertone and I were looking for a trail here the prospect of getting our boots caked in mud was minimal.  On top of that, we'd ignored some nearby trails because they didn't seem as intriguing as others going to the tops of mountains.  Perfact time to try them out.

Our starting point at Olive Park was quite promising.  The section of the trail here is marked as the Prince Memorial Greenway and contains numerous public works of art, some of which are quite good.  As the trail continues west things take a bit of a turn for the worst with some typical city center problems one faces on trails.  Some rundown buildings, trash, the homeless.  Compared to some of the trails in bigger cities in California though the conditions here are far from dire.

We turned around at Fulton Road and doubled back to the car.  More miles await beyond our turnaround point and in a couple of different directions.  Santa Rosa has plenty of other paved trail options to keep us busy while the rains keep failing.



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