Skaggs Springs Road & Lake Sonoma
Northern Sonoma County · near Geyserville / Healdsburg · North Coast
Gravel & Bikepacking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Best season
- Spring & fall
What is here
- Terrain
- forest
- Amenities
- Lake Sonoma recreation base · Remote forested ridge riding · Grasshopper-series terrain · Boat-in & drive-in camping
- Best for
- Remote forested gravel from a lakeside base
- Features
- Wild Skaggs Springs backcountry · Lake Sonoma camping base · Grasshopper race terrain · Remote ridge-and-canyon riding
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Remote, limited water/services · Rough dirt sections · Sustained climbs · Damp, shaded descents
- Good for a first timer
- No
Gravel & Bikepacking detail
- Ride types
- day-gravel · race
- Surface
- mixed
- Remoteness
- 3
- Riding
- A wild, twisting route from Lake Sonoma toward the coast — quiet pavement giving way to rough dirt over remote forested ridges, a Grasshopper classic
- Terrain note
- 400–2,000 ft; forested ridges and canyons; remote once past the lake
- Camping
- Yes
- Intl tip
- A wild, twisting route west from Lake Sonoma toward the coast — quiet pavement to rough remote dirt over forested ridges (a Grasshopper-series classic). Demanding: sustained climbs, technical descents, backcountry remoteness (little water/services). Lake Sonoma has drive-in & boat-in camping; Dry Creek/Alexander Valley wineries for refueling. Best in spring/fall. A big, satisfying Sonoma gravel day from a scenic lakeside base.
- Trip lengths
- day
The guide
Old Skaggs Springs Road, running west from Lake Sonoma toward the coast, is one of Sonoma's classic adventure routes — a wild, …
In the Guidebook
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Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.72, -123.03