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Trails Challenge

Trails Challenge is on hiatus due to COVID-19.
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The Trails Challenge is a self-guided hiking program that promotes outdoor recreation in Sonoma County’s Regional Parks. The Challenge encourages residents and visitors to walk/hike a specific number of featured trails during the summer. Sponsors can be part of a popular outdoor recreation/health promotion with a shared message, shared audience, and shared objectives. 

The Trails Challenge is geared to:
  • Regular trails users who may be unaware of all the Regional Parks system has to offer
  • People new to hiking and exercise
  • Active adults looking for new activities
  • Families looking for summertime adventures
  • Young adults interested in adventure recreation and social media promotion
The trails are detailed in a “Trails Challenge Guidebook,” which is available in both English and Spanish as a free download on the Regional Parks website.  A limited number of print editions are available as well. Participants are encouraged to share their Trails Challenge photos and stories on Facebook and Instagram, making them eligible for special prizes.

Sponsors provide critical support, including funding to cover the costs of designing, printing and distributing guidebooks and brochures. Trails Challenge promotions have included regional radio and newspaper ad campaigns, feature coverage by media and bloggers, participant engagement and paid ads on social media, posters and flyers, presentations and stories in Regional Parks’ monthly e-news and blog. In addition, retail sponsors have the opportunity to connect with Trails Challenge participants, such as by offering a coupon redeemable at a retail location. 

Thank you Trails Challenge sponsors!

For information on becoming a Trails Challenge sponsor, please contact Executive Director Melissa Kelley.

Santa Rosa Press Democrat features board member who met the challenge!

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Justin Borton, a Sonoma County Parks Foundation board member, walks through the proposed Mark West Creek Regional Park & Preserve. (Christopher Chung/ The Press Democrat) 
From the boat ramp at Hudeman Slough near Skaggs Island on the southeastern tip of Sonoma County, it’s about a three-hour drive to the sandy beach at Gualala Point, up on the northern county line.

But it still took Justin Borton, a local trail runner and park enthusiast, 55 days to make the trip — mainly because he stopped along the way at every one of the parks, beaches, campgrounds, and properties in the Sonoma Regional Parks system, 55 in all.

His marathon park-a-day odyssey, just completed in mid-September, was launched with a commitment to raise public awareness.

He set off in mid-July, juggling work and family obligations, with the goal of visiting a new park each day.

“I issued myself a personal challenge to visit all 55 Sonoma County Regional Parks in 55 days, to highlight our county’s wonderful and fragile relationship with nature, and the need to address the climate crisis now.”

​READ MORE...

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The Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation raises funds, fosters partnerships and advocates on behalf of Sonoma County Regional Parks. We are an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit that supports programs and projects at 62 Sonoma County parks and trails, including popular destinations like Spring Lake, Doran Beach, Sonoma Valley, Ragle Ranch, Foothill Regional Park, Tolay Lake Regional Park and more.
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Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation
2300 County Center Drive, #120A
Santa Rosa, California 95403
(707) 565-1830
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  • Home
  • OUR WORK
    • Parks Fire Recovery
    • Climate Action
    • PARKS & TRAILS >
      • Doran
      • Foothill
      • Helen Putnam
      • Hood Mountain >
        • Bill & Dave Hikes Legacy Fund
      • Maxwell Farms
      • Spring Lake
      • Taylor Mountain
    • PARKS PROGRAMS >
      • Camperships
      • Youth Career Pathways
      • YES-Coast and River
      • Russian River Water Safety Patrol
      • Vamos a Nadar
  • EVENTS
    • Trails Challenge
    • Water Bark
    • Tolay Fall Festival
  • MAKE A DONATION
    • An Overview
    • Park Pals
    • Commemorative Gifts >
      • Parks Furniture Program
    • Sponsorships
    • Corporate Matching Programs
    • Legacy Society
    • SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES
  • VIDEOS & PUBLICATIONS
    • VIDEO: 2021 Celebrating An Amazing Year
    • VIDEO: YOUTH PROGRAMS
    • VIDEO: CAMPERSHIPS
    • VIDEO: Meet the Parks Foundation
    • VIDEO: You are the Foundation
    • VIDEO: Working Together at Helen Putnam Regional Park
    • VIDEO: The Trails You Love
    • STORIES: FOR THE LOVE OF PARKS
    • E-News
    • Media Archive >
      • Archive: Foothill Regional Park
      • Archive: Hood Mountain
  • ABOUT US
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
  • Tolay Red Silent Auction