Parks & Recreation
St. Helena has many beautiful well-equipped parks within city limits.
Crane Park located on Crane Avenue offers tennis and bocce ball courts and has a magnificent playground for children. Lyman Park is located on Main Street next to City Hall and is the venue for the Chamber’s Musical Picnics in Lyman Park, our five free summertime outdoor concerts. It has a beautiful gazebo, picnic tables and small playground.
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Meily Park is the newest park in town and has a wide
open field to kick around a soccer ball and is located on Pope Street.
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Lewis Station Park offers public restrooms and picnic
tables and is located on Church Street.
For general information about the St. Helena Recreation Department, summer sports and science camps, and recreation classes, please contact Kathy Carrick at the Recreation Department Office: (707) 963-5706 Email:
recreation@ci.st-helena.ca.us
For information on St. Helena Teen Center, Youth & Adult Sports Programs, and Summer Middle School S.P.L.A.S.H. Camp please contact Haidi Arias at (707) 968-9222
Tent and RV Camp Sites in the Napa Valley
Bothe State Park
Quiet and secluded surroundings, beautiful hiking trails, located next to the Bale Grist Mill.
3801 St. Helena Hwy
Calistoga, CA 94515
707-942-4575
Napa County Fairgrounds offers RV sites only
1435 Oak Street
Calistoga, CA 94515
707-942-5111
Napa Valley Expo - RV sites only
573 3rd Street
Napa, CA 94558
707-253-4900
Skyline Wilderness Park - Tent and RV camping with hookups.
2201 Imola Avenue
Napa, CA 94558
707-252-0481
Lake Berryessa Marina Resort Tent and RV
5800 Knoxville Road
Napa CA 94558
707-966-2161
Putah Creek Resort - RV and Campsites
7600 Knoxville Road
Napa CA 94558
707-966-2116
Spanish Flat Resort - RV and Campsites
4290 Knoxville Road
Napa CA 94558
707-966-7700
Hiking Locations
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park offers many secluded trails ranging from many types of skill level hiking, taking you on historic routes and paths that parallel a year round stream shaded by redwoods, firs and other plants that prefer cool, moist environments. Take Highway 29 North through the town of St. Helena before Calistoga. It is on the west side of Hwy 29.
Robert Louis Stevenson State Park (Mount St. Helena) is the place where famous author of Treasure Island and Kidnapped spent is honeymoon in 1880. There is a five-mile strenuous hike to the top of Mt. St. Helena from which one can see much of the Bay Area and on a good day you can see 192 miles to the top of Mount Shasta. Follow Highway 29 north past Calistoga and it turns into Highway 128, the park is on the East Side of Hwy 128.
Lake Hennessy offers a 4 mile round trip easy hike around the lake. Simply follow Conn Valley Road to the North West corner of the lake.
Lake Berryessa LB offers trails around the lake and affords terrific birding.. The best time to look for nesting eagles is in the fall and winter months, along with geese, ducks, pelicans, hawks and numerous other species. Less frequently observed wildlife are fox, bobcat, mountain lion, and snakes. You can learn about the lake's wildlife and history at the Bureau of Reclamation Visitors Center.
Lake Berryessa
Located just 16 miles northeast of Napa, Lake Berryessa and the surrounding area - Chiles Valley, Pope Valley, and Capell Valley - offer year-round fun and recreation for all ages. The lake is one of the largest bodies of fresh water in California. It's approximately 26 miles long and 3 miles wide with 165 miles of shoreline, which is even more than Lake Tahoe.
Lake Berryessa and the nearly 10,000 acres surrounding it, are administered by the Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior. The BOR maintains three public day use facilities: Smittle Creek Park, Oak Shores Park, and Capell Cove Boat Ramp.
The parks include picnic sites with BBQ grills, water fountains, restrooms, and miles of shoreline for swimming, fishing and observing nature. You'll also find two Visitor Information Centers, one at Reclamation Headquarters and the other inside the Markley Cove store.
The lake boasts some of the best fishing in the state along with wine tasting opportunities, miles of nature trails, quiet coves for kayakers and picnics, and summertime water sports in 75° water that include swimming, boating, jet and water skiing,
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