Napa County is a county north of San Pablo Bay in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 136,484. The county seat is the City of Napa. Napa County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. Parts of the county's territory were given to Lake County in 1861.
The Wappo are an indigenous people of northern California. Their traditional homelands are in Napa Valley, the south shore of Clear Lake, Alexander Valley, and Russian River valley.
Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park is a California state park located in Napa County between St. Helena and Calistoga. The park is the site of a water-powered grist mill that was built in 1846 is one of only two water-driven mills remaining west of the Mississippi River.
A mud bath is a bath of mud, commonly from areas where hot spring water can combine with volcanic ash. Mud baths have existed for thousands of years, and can be found now in high-end spas in many countries of the world.
The California Pacific Railroad Company was incorporated in 1865 at San Francisco, California as the California Pacific Rail Road Company. It was renamed the California Pacific Railroad Extension Company in the spring of 1869, then renamed the California Pacific Railroad later that same year. The railroad was constructed just months prior to the completion of the Central Pacific/Union Pacific Transcontinental Railway.
Robert Louis Stevenson State Park is a California state park, located in Sonoma, Lake and Napa counties. The park offers a 5-mile (8 km) hike to the summit of Mount Saint Helena from which much of the Bay Area can be seen. On clear days it is possible to see the peak of Mount Shasta, 192 miles (310 km) distant.
VINE Transit is a public transportation service in Napa County, California, United States; it is managed under the Napa Valley Transportation Authority and operated by Transdev. The system offers extensive service throughout the County along with providing connections to other public transportation systems in adjacent counties.
Benjamin Sharpsteen was an American film director and producer for Disney. He directed 31 films between 1920 and 1980.
KRCB-FM is a non-commercial public broadcasting radio station licensed to Windsor, California, serving Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale, Geyserville, Windsor, Sebastopol, Forestville, Calistoga and surrounding areas in California. KRCB-FM is owned and operated by Rural California Broadcasting Corporation.
Rancho Carne Humana was a 17,962-acre (72.69 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Napa County, California, given in 1841 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Edward Turner Bale. The name means "human flesh" in Spanish. There is speculation as to why the name was chosen. The grant was originally known to the native residents as "Huilic Noma" and also "Colijolmanoc". One naming theory speculates that Bale, in a bit of black humor, twisted "Colijolmanoc" into the similar-sounding Spanish "Carne Humana". Rancho Carne Humana was at the northern end of the Napa Valley, stretching from present-day Rutherford northward to Calistoga, ending at Tubbs Lane and including present-day St. Helena.
Poa napensis is a rare species of grass known by the common name Napa bluegrass. It is endemic to Napa County, California, where it is known from only two occurrences near Calistoga. It grows in moist, mineral-rich soil around hot springs. The rare grass only occurs on private, unprotected land and depends on water from the hot springs; changes to the local water regime or any other aspects of its specific habitat type would affect the plant. This grass was federally listed as an endangered species in 1997, along with another rare local hot spring endemic, the Calistoga popcornflower.
Bale is an unincorporated community in Napa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 282 feet. Bale is located on the Carne Humana land grant, along the Southern Pacific Railroad, 4.25 miles (6.8 km) east-southeast of Calistoga.
Larkmead is an unincorporated community in Napa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 292 feet. Larkmead is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 3.25 miles (5.2 km) east-southeast of Calistoga.
Kelly is a former settlement in Napa County, California. Kelly was located on the San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Napa Junction.
Woodleaf is an unincorporated community in Napa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 390 feet. Woodleaf is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west-northwest of Calistoga.
Calistoga Spa Hot Springs is a geothermal mineral water resort located in the upper Napa Valley town of Calistoga, California. The resort has been continuously operated as a hot spring resort since the early 1900s. The Calistoga Spa Hot Springs is located at 1006 Washington Street and bordered by Gerard Street to the Northwest and Franklin Street to the Southeast.
Crystal Geyser Water Company or just Crystal Geyser is a private company founded in 1977 in Calistoga, California. They produce bottled water and sparkling water based on mineral water and spring water sources at their original facility in Calistoga. The company also produces Tejava in Bakersfield. As of 2014, the company had plans to bottle water from an aquifer in Mount Shasta, California, but many local residents criticized the plan.
The Tubbs Fire was a very destructive wildfire occurring in Northern California during the month of October in 2017. It was, at the time, the most destructive wildfire in California history, burning parts of Napa, Sonoma, and Lake counties, inflicting its greatest losses on the Sonoma County city of Santa Rosa. It is currently viewed as the second-most destructive California wildfire, after the Camp Fire of 2018. The Tubbs Fire was one of more than a dozen large fires which broke out in early October, 2017 and were simultaneously burning in eight Northern California counties, in what was called the "Northern California firestorm." By the time of its containment on October 31, the fire was estimated to have burned 36,810 acres (149 km2); at least 22 people were believed to have been killed in Sonoma County by the fire.
