Lynch Creek Trail Upgrades

The City is excited to announce we are continuing improvements to the Lynch Creek Trail!

The 2.5 mile trail, which runs along Petaluma River and Lynch Creek from downtown to Prince Park, needed some serious love and attention. So far, we have:

• Upgraded unpaved sections of the trail to concrete from Lakeville Street to Edith Street and Payran Street to Lynch Creek to improve accessibility for all trail users.
• Increased police patrols on the trail.
• Completed trail maintenance work, including pavement maintenance, improving drainage, and cutting back vegetation to improve sight lines.
• Added trash cans and doggie clean-up stations along the trail.
• Removed bollards (metal posts) at trail entrances to improve trail access for people riding bikes or using other wheeled devices.
• Held a volunteer trail clean-up day in partnership with Rebuilding Together.
• Enlisted Rebuilding Together to perform graffiti abatement along the trail.
• Installed David Best's River Arch at Lakeville Street.
• Artist Jonny Hirschugl has begun creating 3 murals on the walls of the passage under Highway 101 and the nearby ramp at Payran Street. The murals will feature birds and nature along the trail. Youth volunteers will be assisting the artist in return  for service hours.

Our work is not yet complete! in 2025/2026, we plan to install a concrete trail along the final unpaved section between Edith Street and Payran Street, a paved and accessible entrance to the trail at Payran Street, and replace cracked pavement between the Lynch Creek/Petaluma River confluence and N. McDowell Boulevard. Our team is working on lighting and wayfinding improvements. We are so happy to make this trail a beautiful, accessibile, and fun way to get across town.

• Trail maintenance work (including new pavement, improving drainage, and cutting back vegetation to improve sight lines) from North McDowell Blvd. south to the pedestrian bridge near Holly Lane
• Construction of a concrete pathway from Payran Street to Edith Street

Once completed, the pathway will have a smooth surface to allow pedestrians, bicyclists, and wheelchair users to travel comfortably, efficiently, and safely through the area.