Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Cross-valley roads linking Silverado Trail with Hwy 29 - including Yountville, Oakville
and Rutherford crossroads - are bucolic and get less traffic. For scenery, the Oakville
Grade and rural Trinity Rd (which leads southwest to Hwy 12 in Sonoma Valley) are nar-
row, curvy and beautiful - but treacherous in rainstorms. Mt Veeder Rd leads through
pristine countryside west of Yountville.
Note: Police watch like hawks for traffic violators.
Don't drink and drive
.
There are a number of shortcuts between the Napa and Sonoma Valleys: from Oakville,
take Oakville Grade to Trinity Rd; from St Helena, take Spring Mountain Rd into Calis-
toga Rd; from Calistoga, take Petrified Forest Rd to Calistoga Rd.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Napa Valley Vine
BUS
( 707-251-2800, 800-696-6443;
www.nctpa.net
)
Bus 10 runs daily from downtown Napa to Calistoga ($1.50, 1¼ hours).
Sonoma County Transit
BUS
( 800-345-7433, 707-576-7433;
www.sctransit.com
)
Buses from Santa Rosa to Petaluma ($2.45, 70 minutes), Sonoma ($3.05, 1¼ hours) and
western Sonoma County, including Russian River Valley towns ($3.05, 30 minutes).
