Tour de Taylor Mountain

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While certainly not on par with nearby Annadel State Park in terms of either distance or quality, this short route does make use of what's there and provides some nice views overlooking Santa Rosa. It's best used as a warmup ride or if you're really short on time.

There's not much shade so the heat exposure can be pretty rough in the middle of summer.

You can start this ride at either the Petaluma Hill Road or Kawana Terrace entrances to Taylor Mountain Regional Park (this featured ride starts/ends at the latter, but can be adjusted accordingly).

From Kawana, start by going up the Western Route, climbing your way along the wide, easy-grade path that starts on the western side of the water towers. Continue to ascend until you see the Connector Trail signpost that points to the Redtail Trail. Follow this loop down and around (either direction works well) then ascend back to the Connector, this time taking it in the direction of the Eastern Route. Follow the Eastern Route as it ascends steeply up the side of Taylor Mountain along a wide, rocky doubletrack trail all the way until it tops out on the summit.

Soak in the panoramic view of Santa Rosa before descending back down along the Eastern Route (staying straight) all the way back down to the entrance.

The park property was acquired by the voter-funded Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District and deeded to Sonoma County Regional Parks in 2013.