As of 11 AM on Wednesday September 25th, all of our parks and trails are once again open.   Due to red flag fire conditions declared early this week by CalFire and the National Weather Service the Napa Open Space District has issued the following closures: Moore Creek Park (Moore Creek and Lake Hennessey Units) – […]

For years, the trails of Pacific Union College’s forested lands have been known mostly by word of mouth; even students at the college were sometimes unaware of the college’s 35 miles of recreational trails through over 1,000 acres of rich biodiversity and striking beauty. Now, thanks to a new trail license agreement between PUC, the […]

  Celebrate the harvest season with us at our annual fundraiser dinner.  Every fall NVSPA, the nonprofit Association that supports all our state parks in Napa County, hosts an outdoor candle light dinner under the majestic oaks at the foot of the great waterwheel.  This autumn event features a sumptuous farm-to-table dinner prepared from locally grown/raised […]

The second year of the annual summer camp, Camp Calypso, took place on July 15th-19th, 2019 at Bothe-Napa Valley State Park. This week long summer day camp included an overnight on Thursday night! Campers came from as far as Taiwan to participate in the summer camp. The theme of the camp was a journey through […]

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  The MAD FIRKIN FEST 2019 is seeking enthusiastic volunteers to join this amazing event. If you want to volunteer or know of any volunteers that would like to participate visit: https://volunteersignup.org/7L49P. Or contact: Jessica Ardizzone, jessica@ncrposd.org

An avid group of local mountain bikers recently pooled together a sizable donation with the generous goal of creating new trails on the Hennessey Unit of Moore Creek. Redwood Empire Mountain Bike Alliance (REMBA) handled the financial transaction and put the NOSD in touch with a crew of outstanding trail builders, and after a winter […]

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