Trione-Annadel State Park
Trione-Annadel State Park | |
---|---|
California Department of Parks and Recreation |
Trione-Annadel State Park is a state park of California in the United States. It is situated at the northern edge of Sonoma Valley and is adjacent to Spring Lake Regional Park in Santa Rosa. It offers many recreational activities within its 5,092-acre (2,061 ha) property.
The rock formations of Trione-Annadel have played a central role in its history: its volcanic origins, the Native American use of obsidian, the early 1900s mining of cobblestones, and modern hikers' appreciation of its volcanic rock outcrops.
These lands were occupied by the
The 2017
Ecology
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Annadelviewofsonomamtn.jpg/220px-Annadelviewofsonomamtn.jpg)
Common animals in Annadel include
Hydrology and geology
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Annadelledsonmarsh.jpg/240px-Annadelledsonmarsh.jpg)
The southern reaches of Annadel are drained by Yulupa Creek and other tributaries of Sonoma Creek, while the northern flanks are part of the Santa Rosa Creek watershed.[4] Eastern slopes are drained by Yulupa and Sonoma Creeks, while the western slopes are part of the Spring Creek watershed. Many of Annadel's streams are dry in the summer, because rainfall is highly seasonal, with most of the approximately 30 inches (76 cm) of annual precipitation occurring between October and April.[1] Ledson Marsh, which drains into Yulupa Creek, retains some smaller pools of water throughout most of the year. The highest elevation in the park is the top of Bennett Mountain, 1,887 feet (575 m).
The entirety of Annadel was below the ocean floor as recently as twelve million years ago, around which time massive
History
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Annadelmanzanita.jpg/170px-Annadelmanzanita.jpg)
The Southern Pomo and Southern Wappo peoples inhabited these lands in prehistoric times. No full-scale villages have been discovered within the park boundaries. This site was valuable to the Native American tribes as a source of obsidian, which they used to make scrapers, knives, arrowheads, and spearheads. Archaeological evidence suggests they used the area as a quarry at least as far back as 3000 years.[6] Human use and settlement of this area changed markedly in the late 18th century when the Spanish came to this region. Cattle ranching and farming gradually replaced hunting and gathering.
In 1837, Annadel was part of the
Demand for cobblestone subsided around the year 1920, since owners of the newly invented
The site of what became Trione-Annadel was being eyed for residential development when Henry Trione and hunting buddy Joe Long of Long's Drugs put together a $5 million package that led ultimately to the site's protection as a park.[8] Trione built his home on the hillside adjacent to Annadel. In 2012, he pitched in another $100,000 to keep the park running under county administration at a time when Annadel and dozens of other parks statewide were threatened with closure because of a budget crisis. It was due to these philanthropic efforts that the State of California ruled in July 2016 to officially change the name to Trione-Annadel State Park.
Practical issues
The main park access is from the north via the city of
Closure proposal
Annadel was one of 70 California state parks scheduled to close in 2012 by California Governor Jerry Brown. The County of Sonoma took on park operations as a temporary measure to keep it open.[9]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Annadel State Park facts
- ^ Perkins, Jonathan (June 2022). "Map of Nuns Fire burn area".
- ^ Hogan, C. M. (2008). Western poison-oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum. Archived July 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine In: Strömberg, N. (ed.) GlobalTwitcher.
- USGSQuadrangle Map, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC (1958)
- Soil Conservation Service, Government Printing Office, Washington DC, May 1972
- ^ Krumbein, B. Annadel State Park: The First Twenty Years. 1st ed. Desktop Publishing. 1993. pg 96-97.
- ISBN 0-935701-93-1
- ^ "Santa Rosa power broker, philanthropist Henry Trione dies at 94". Press Democrat. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ Asimov, N. State parks director resigns amid surplus scandal. San Francisco Chronicle. July 20, 2012.
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Trione-Annadel State Park. California Department of Parks & Recreation.