Sonoma County Regional Parks River Shuttle

Sunset Beach River Park

Sonoma County residents and visitors looking to swim, float or play at two of Sonoma County’s most popular Russian River beaches can avoid the likelihood of full parking lots by taking the Sonoma County Regional Parks River Shuttle this summer.

Shuttle service is available on weekends and holidays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., through Labor Day Weekend, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Shuttles depart every 30 minutes from Tom Schopflin Fields on Old Redwood Highway in Santa Rosa and travel to Steelhead Beach Regional Park and Sunset Beach River Park in Forestville.

The shuttle service is part of a larger effort to lessen summer traffic impacts at Steelhead and Sunset beaches, where lots often fill by mid-morning. As a low-cost alternative to individual car trips, the shuttle improves beach access on busy Saturdays and Sundays, while alleviating traffic congestion and parking impacts in river neighborhoods by encouraging visitors to leave their cars in Santa Rosa.

The shuttle features three new, 39-seat, ADA-accessible, low-emission vans. Shuttles will adhere to all required COVID safety protocols. Passengers can access the river for recreation at either beach. They may carry deflated rafts and tubes on the shuttle and blow them up at a free inflation station at Steelhead Beach.

Shuttle tickets are available at russianrivershuttle.mytrakk.com.

For more information, visit www.sonomacounty.com