HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. — A sweeping vision for a more than 300-mile trail linking the San Francisco Bay Area to Humboldt Bay and beyond is now officially in place, setting the stage for one of the nation’s most ambitious rail-to-trail conversions.
After nearly four years of planning, the Great Redwood Trail Agency approved a master plan that lays out its final vision for building the trail’s 43 rural north segments. When completed, the Great Redwood Trail is expected to be one of the longest rail-to-trail conversion projects in the United States and the longest rail-trail in California.
The planned route would wind through five Northern California counties—Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino, Sonoma and Marin—traveling from the San Francisco Bay through wine country, farmlands, mountains and redwood forests, crossing rivers to Humboldt Bay…