Tony Powers is the Winner of the May is Bike Month Photo Contest with this striking portrait of the Truss Bridge under a beautiful moon. Congratulations, Tony!
Folsom, California, is fortunate to have a wonderful, ever-expanding network of trails--ideal for bicycling, commuting, jogging, walking, or just wandering.
Over 40 miles of trails meander throughout the city, connecting beautiful open spaces, natural areas, friendly neighborhoods, parks, businesses, and other trail systems, including the American River Parkway.
An additional 30 miles of trails are gradually being added as part of the Folsom Plan Area south of Hwy 50.
Folsom Senior and Arts Center
48 Natoma Street Folsom, CA 95630
This is a big effort by the City of Folsom in partnership with
the Sacramento Tree Foundation to increase the tree canopy
in the undercanopied neighborhoods of Sierra Woods,
Natomas Heights, & surrounding homes adjacent to Folsom
City Hall. These trees will help decrease summer
temperatures, provide shade, clean the air, and beautify the
neighborhood.
Thank you,
Romi Mari Holmes,
Community Liaison, Sacramento Tree Foundation,
(916) 974-4326 | sactree.org,
Note that registration is required. Find out how to
participate by clicking the link below:
2023-12-14 6:30pm
Friends of Folsom Parkways Meeting (Everyone is welcome!)
The Parkway at Folsom Owners' Association Building, 1455 Willow Bend Road, Folsom, California.
To get to this meeting take Blue Ravine east, past Oak Avenue Parkway to Parkway Drive. Make a right turn on to Parkway Drive. Go one block and turn left on to Willow Bend Road. The club house is immediately on the right.
Click this map for a downloadable Folsom Trails Map
News on the Parkways
2023-11-17
Check out our STRATEGIC PLAN
Activities of the Friends
of Folsom Parkways are
guided by a Strategic
Plan finalized in October
2021. The process of
developing the plan was
described in the
September 2022
Newsletter, which can be
downloaded from the lower
right section of this
page.
The Strategic Plan itself
is available by clicking
"More
Information" below:
2023-11-14
Support our Landmark Trees
The FOFP have been
advocating on behalf of
open space, trails and
trees for over 30 years
in Folsom. We continue
to advocate on behalf of
our community to preserve
trees and push back
against unwarranted
removal of native oaks.
The trees in the Oak
Parkway Corridor between
Natoma Street and Blue
Ravine have been cut and
further threatened by the
utilities, principally
PG&E who would rather
remove than trim oak
trees. We have been
advocating to the City
Council to give the trees
in the corridor Landmark
status to make removal
more difficult without
more robust examination
and consultation as to
what is really needed.
This Tuesday the City
Council will address
Landmark Tree designation
for the trees on the City
owned property in the Oak
Parkway Corridor. Here
is our letter of support.
We urge our friends and
supporters to make your
voices heard. Send in a
letter to the Mayor and
Councilmembers. The
Mayor can be reached at
rrodriguez@folsom.ca.us
and add the City Clerk so
it is part of the record
cfreemantle@folsom.ca.us.
Thank you,
Bruce Cline, 1st Vice
President FOFP...
SEE THE SAMPLE LETTER IN
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM
2023-11-14
Sample Letter to City Council re Landmark Trees
Dear Mayor Rodriguez,
Vice Mayor and Members of
the City Council:
The Friends of Folsom
Parkways urges you to
support Resolution Nos.
11130 and 11131 provide
Landmark Designation to
two very important areas
that are truly
exceptional native oak
groves. The Friends have
long advocated for
protecting our oaks in
open space areas and
along our corridors and
are very glad to see the
City Council act to
protect our oak trees.
We all know that many
native oak trees have
been lost in the Oak
Parkway Corridor over the
last few years and the
threats to these oaks
will not go away. This
corridor is a unique
section with so many
varieties of oaks with
size and beauty that the
community truly loves.
Designation of these
trees as Landmark Trees
sends a strong message to
the public and the
utilities that our oak
trees are here to stay
and the City Council
stands by these majestic
beauties and our
“Distinctive by
Nature” reputation.
We applaud Folsom Prison
for its leadership
protecting the amazing
oaks on the prison
grounds. The oak groves
on these grounds are
truly special and
deserving of protection
for decades to come.
Thank you for your
leadership to protect oak
trees in the City of
Folsom. The Friends
appreciate the
partnership opportunities
with the city and our
organization as we all
work together to preserve
our oak woodlands and
parkways.
We urge you to
demonstrate your
commitment to preserve
and recognize the value
of our oak woodlands and
parkways by approving
Resolutions No. 11130 and
11131.
2023-08-18
May is Bike Month Photo Contest Winners
The Winners of the May is
Bike Month photo contest
are announced! Thank you
to the many wonderful
photo submissions in our
First Annual Trail Photo
contest. Over 50 photos
of our trails and cycling
in Folsom were submitted.
We greatly appreciate
all the wonderful
depictions of our trails
and trail users. The
winning photos are shown
at the top of this page
and in the *Pic Gallery.
The winners are:
Grand Winner: Tony
Powers;
Cycling on Trails: Doug
Lee;
Honorable Mention: Liza
Siepel Bueb, Shahed
Ameer, Lynn LePage, and
Bruce Cline
2023-07-27
Open Space Closures in Folsom Due to Fire Risk Continues into 2023
Designated city-owned
open spaces that have
high fire risk potential
remain off-limits in
Folsom. The City of
Folsom first issued an
emergency order during
summer 2021 in response
to extreme fire danger.
The emergency order
remains in effect due to
the ongoing extreme
drought conditions and
high fire risk. All
existing public trails,
bicycle paths, and parks
remain open for normal
use. Maps of temporarily
closed city-owned open
spaces are available on
the city’s website.
Closed areas have been
clearly marked with
signage
