Robert Louis Stevenson State Park

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Robert Louis Stevenson State Park is a California state park, located in Sonoma and Napa Counties. The park offers a a five mile hike to the top of Mount Saint Helena from which one can see much of the Bay Area. On good days, the top of Mt. Shasta can be seen, 192 miles in the distance.

Robert Louis Stevenson State Park is the place where the famous author of Treasure Island and Kidnapped spent his honeymoon in 1880. Although nothing remains of Stevenson’s cabin, the site is identified on the trail to the summit.

The area features rough terrain, with evergreen forests in the canyons on north-facing slopes and chaparral on the south-facing slopes.

Robert Louis Stevenson State Park is located off California State Route 29 between Calistoga and Middletown.

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• Robert Louis Stevenson State Park web site
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