Easy hikes and walks around Rohnert Park

'Live' size statues of Schulz' famous cartoon characters are sprinkled all over the area.

Leading to Taylor Mountain, this trail offers a consistent incline from start to finish. The city skyline views that unfold along the way are truly breathtaking. If you happen to experience a sunset along this trail, you'll be rewarded with a memorable sight.

Umbrella Tree is a cluster of giant bay laurels. Along with spectacular views there is an informative sign at the top that points out major landmarks such as Santa Rosa, English Hill, Sebastopol, Bennet Valley and more. There is also a picnic table that's ideal for a snack with a view before you head back down.

Free entrance to beautiful 1.6 acres of blooming flowers, demonstration orchards and agricultural crops in this preserved gardens of American Botanist Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849 – April 11, 1926). This pioneer in agricultural science developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career. Burbank's varied creations included fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables. He developed (but did not create) a spineless cactus (useful for cattle-feed) and the plumcot. Burbank's most successful strains and varieties include the Shasta daisy, the fire poppy (note possible confusion with the California wildflower, Papaver californicum, which is also called a fire poppy), the "July Elberta" peach, the "Santa Rosa" plum, the "Flaming Gold" nectarine, the "Wickson" plum (named after agronomist Edward J. Wickson), the freestone peach, and the white blackberry. A natural genetic variant of the Burbank potato with russet-colored skin later became known as the Russet Burbank potato. This large, brown-skinned, white-fleshed potato has become the world's predominant potato in food processing. The Russet Burbank potato was in fact invented to help with the devastating situation in Ireland during the Irish Potato famine. This particular potato variety was created by Burbank to help "revive the country's leading crop" as it is blight-resistant. The blight is a disease that spread and destroyed potatoes all across Europe but caused extreme chaos in Ireland due to the high dependency on potatoes as a crop by the Irish. http://lutherburbank.org

The Stone Grandfather sculptures were used as boundary markers on Jeju Island in South Korea. The 250 cm statues were given to Santa Rosa by its sister city since 1996, Bukjeju of South Korea, in 2003. In South Korea, Dolhareubang statues like these are placed near village entrances and boundaries.

Quaint park next to the railway station, with restrooms, water, lined by restaurants and several sculptures in honor of Peanuts creator Charles M Schulz

Santa Rosa's Historic Railroad Depot Square has been converted into a restaurant and entertainment district. The former train station houses the visitor center.

Charles M Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip, in 1958 moved to Sebastopol, California, where Schulz built his first studio. (Until then, he'd worked at home or in a small rented office room.) It was here that Schulz was interviewed for the unaired television documentary A Boy Named Charlie Brown. Some of the footage was eventually used in a later documentary, Charlie Brown and Charles Schulz. Schulz's father died while visiting him in 1966, the same year Schulz's Sebastopol studio burned down. By 1969, Schulz had moved to Santa Rosa, California, where he lived and worked until his death in 2000. The Charles M. Schulz Museum opened in 2002 in Santa Rosa, across the street from the Charles M Schulz Ice Arena, designed by Schulz as a multi-purpose event center, which opened in 1969. It also housed shows and performances created by Schulz. He loved ice hockey, played actively as a senior, and was often hanging out in the cafe. The Snoopy & Charlie Brown Sculpture was planned in 1998 and placed in 2001 on Historic Railroad Square in Santa Rosa, California http://www.railroadsquare.net Colorful sculptures of Peanuts characters such as Lucy, Woodstock, and others are placed throughout town. http://schulzmuseum.org/visit/schulz-campus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_M._Schulz