The Towers (Vacaville)
Vacaville · near Vacaville · SF Bay Area
Paragliding
At a glance
- Skill level
- intermediate
- Best season
- Spring and fall for thermals · Summer mid-day for advanced only
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Paragliding detail
- Flying types
- thermal · xc
- Conditions
- An inland thermal and XC site in the hills near Vacaville, offering a change from the Bay Area's coastal soaring. Thermal flying with cross-country potential over the Central Valley edge.
- Ushpa
- USHPA P3 recommended for thermal/XC. Unregulated site but real thermal conditions — intermediate-plus skills needed.
- Intl tip
- Vacaville sits between the Bay Area and Sacramento — the inland thermal sites here work on days when the coast is fogged in. Check the BHGC (Bay Area Hang Gliding Club) site guide for the current access situation before heading out.
The guide
The Towers near Vacaville is one of the Bay Area's inland thermal alternatives — a change of pace from the coastal ridge soarin…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to The Towers (Vacaville) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.42, -122.01