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are being raised privately; the coalition has
agreed to pay for 50 percent of the design
engineering and 20 percent of construction
through its philanthropic arm.
McMinn says eight of the 44 planned
miles have already been completed. When
finished, the Vine Trail will run south from
Calistoga to Solano County’s Vallejo Ferry
terminus—allowing anyone who lives in
San Francisco to ferry across San Francisco
Bay, then hop on a bike and partake of vir-
tually all Napa has to offer via the trail.
Again, the fact that the Vine Trail con-
nects to the San Francisco Bay Trail and
the Bay Area Ridge Trail means it ulti-
mately will connect to the rest of the state
and country.
“It’s really an inspiring network,”
Townsend says. “You can take the Juan
Bautista de Anza National Historic
Trail from the border of Mexico and
Arizona to the San Francisco Bay, and the
Mokelumne Coast to Crest Trail from
the Bay to the High Sierra and beyond.
Someday we’ll have true connectivity
throughout the East Bay, the greater Bay
Area, the state and the nation.”
Bryce Hubner is a freelance travel and sports
writer. As a former mountain guide who splits
his time between Oakland and Lake Tahoe,
Calif., Hubner has spent much of his adult life
in the state’s city and rural parks and looks for-
ward to a day when they’re all connected.
Shannon Kuleto
In 2011, families
enjoy the first open
section of the Napa
Valley Vine Trail.