Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park
SF Bay Area
parks
At a glance
- Size
- 0.75
- Established
- 1974
parks detail
- Hook
- A working 36-foot waterwheel grist mill from 1846 in Napa Valley
- More
- Dr. Edward Bale's mill ground the valley's wheat before vines replaced grain, and docents still run the 36-foot wheel on weekend milling demonstrations — buy the flour they grind. A pleasant one-mile history trail connects to Bothe-Napa Valley next door.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.552, -122.509