Hood Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve

3000 Los Alamos Road, Santa Rosa
1450 Pythian Road, Santa Rosa

Backpacking
Biking
Birding
Camping
Equestrian Trails
Hiking & Walking Trails
Picnic Area

Hood Mountain Regional Park remains partially closed due to impacts of the 2020 Glass fire. The Pythian Road upper parking lot, a section of Lower Johnson Trail, and the entire Lawson Trail are open. The Nattkemper Trail to Gunsight Rock is also open, accessed via the Goodspeed Trail in Sugarloaf Ridge State Park. No other Hood Mountain trails are open. The Los Alamos Road entrance is closed.

Hood Mountain Regional Park & Preserve is a 2,000-acre wilderness park on the edge of the Sonoma Valley, about 5 miles southeast of Santa Rosa. The park offers more than 19 miles of trails for hikers, mountain bikers and equestrians.

At 2,730 feet, Hood Mountain is the highest peak in the Mayacamas Mountains. Its Gunsight Rock outcropping above Highway 12 offers stunning views of the Sonoma Valley and beyond.

The Lawson Trail allows the first public access to the recently acquired “Lawson Expansion” property, 247-acres on the western flank of Hood Mountain, overlooking eastern Santa Rosa in the western foothills of the Mayacamas, with views to the ocean and a meandering tour of Hood Mountain’s many diverse habitats. Learn more about this new trail

Trails

Trails climb through mixed-conifer forests and cross meadows and creeks. Due to elevation gains, most of Hood's trails are considered moderately strenuous or strenuous.