Mount St. Helena (Robert Louis Stevenson State Park)
Mount Saint Helena
The highest peak at the northern end of Napa Valley. An 8 km fire road leads to the summit, and on clear days you can see San Francisco Bay and Mount Shasta.
Mount Saint Helena rises to about 1,323 meters and is a landmark peak at the northern end of Napa Valley. Its slopes lie within Robert Louis Stevenson State Park. The author of Treasure Island spent his honeymoon here in 1880, living in an abandoned mining camp, and wrote The Silverado Squatters during that time. The trailhead is at the pass on Highway 29 north of Calistoga. The fire road is about 8 km one way, with a climb of about 650 meters, and the round trip takes about 4–5 hours. On clear days you can see San Francisco Bay and Mount Shasta. There is almost no shade along the way, so bring plenty of water.
Opening hours
Sunrise to sunset
Nearby sights
- Chateau Montelena
- Old Faithful Geyser of California
- Calistoga Hot Springs & Mud Baths
- Sterling Vineyards
- Petrified Forest (California)
- Castello di Amorosa
- Safari West
- Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park