The outdoors: hiking & biking

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Mirjam de Rijk

Although there are about 490,000 residents in Sonoma County of which about 170,000 residents live in Santa Rosa, the area by itself is fairly rural. Besides agriculture, there is an abundance of nature to enjoy. There are 49 regional parks in Sonoma County.

One of my favorites is Shilo Ranch regional park. There is great hike, takes about 50 minutes with great views of the valley. Sorry, dogs are not welcome. Reason: they will disturb the natural habitat. Also a great place to go mountain biking and horseback riding. Hiking close to dawn or dusk is not recommended. This park is also the habitat of  coyotes, bobcats and mountain lions. A friend of mine ran into a mountain lion once, he was not too happy about that;)

Yep, we love where we live;)

Mirjam

About Mirjam de Rijk

Growing up in the Netherlands, it was never a dream to even go on vacation in the USA. However we ended up moving from Eindhoven(Netherlands) to CA in 1997 and I truly love living in Sonoma County/CA. It is a great place to live. Real Estate is a part of my life, it's great to be able to help people during a transition in their life. It can be challenging at times, there is never a dull moment and always ongoing education as to the changes in the Real Estate industry. But that makes it interesting. The variety of Sonoma County as well as the different types of properties/locations make Sonoma County truly a fun place to live and to work.
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