Pena Adobe Regional Park

This place is my home away from home... Great for walks and hikes! Plus disc golf course, dog park, trailer parking for horses, a remote toy airplane landing strip and archery range... There's trails that loop around the lagoon as we'll as two towers the taller of them being about 1000 ft in elevation. On a clear day you can see sacramento and almost all the way into the bay. There's also a hill with a cool lookout spot and there used to be a tire swing up there... If you keep walking there's also a historic symbolic grave for the lost travelers type thing... It's a secret gem for local photographers as we'll. in the spring time
The hills are green green green and look like the old default Microsoft windows screen. The deer here are also fairly used to humans which can be pretty cool for a nature walk. This park also has large bbq spaces able to accommodate large events as we'll as a large parking lot that I've seen used for festivals, car shows, and RVs

Be warned though... It gets really hot there in the summer and there is literally no shade.... Also don't swim in the lagoon it's more of a goose poop pond... But if you bring bread you can have like 100 Greece around you in about a minute :)

I was in Vacaville and spotted a sign to this park. Having time on my hands, I drove and followed the signs. The park is a one and half acre historical park. It has open flat fields great for playing soccer and big ole shade trees great. I could see myself coming here again in cooler weather and laying down a blanket under one of the gorgeous trees and having a picnic. This is a simple, no thrills, open space park. $5 parking fee.

Talking about picnics, they have two large picnic areas that need to be reserved ahead of time for use. One has a covered pavilion and a few stand bbq grills while the other area has big bbq grills and a spit but there is no
shade cover.

What makes this park a historical park is that the land was the Rancho Los Putos. If has the oldest structure built in Solano County, the former home of the Peña family. It is California historical landmark #534. The Adobe was built in 1842. The Adobe still has its original hand hewn redwood timber beams. The house is considered an Adobe because the walls were made of Adobe mud bricks which were built by Native Americans. The Peña and Vaca families ranched the land. The nearby town of Vacaville was named after the Vaca family. The Vaca family originally homesteaded along with the Penas. The nearby Vaca's Adobe did not survive the 1892 earthquake. The Peña Adobe is usually open the first Saturday of the month. It was not the first Saturday when I dropped in so I was out of luck. There were other interesting areas with broken or worn out site markers but no information boards. I was super curious about the olive tree and the statue of the Holy Mother. If you walk slow and soak up the info, these sites can be easily walked and viewed within 20 minutes.

The main road leads into a parking lot that has a small number of spots. The lot dead ends. So if the lot is full, you will need to maneuver point turns to get out. There is a gravel lot outside to the right of the park gates for excess parking. From the gravel lot there is a dirt trail that leads to neighboring Lagoon Valley park and its trails. That park is a bit more exciting with trails, open multipurpose field, picnic area with bbqs, disc gold courses, dog park, and a pond that allows fishing and non motorized water crafts.

I have been coming here since forever. It's my favorite place to walk/hike in the area. You can enjoy a nice walk, bike ride, bike, picnic and more. Too bad they are doing a bunch of construction now because it really takes away from some of the beauty of it all. I enjoy the open space, fresh air and all the beautiful trees! I try to come a few times a week to enjoy a nice walk. Definitely a must if you are in the area!

Beautiful trails and the scenery is out of this world felt as though I was in another country especially when you get all the way up to the top

My girlfriend and I love going to this park! Our favorite is hike is parking in Lagoon Valley and just hiking up and down the hill. It's approximately 3 miles and almost 750 ft of elevation gain. It has different kinds of beauty in winter and summer, yet is always a treat and gratifying to get to the top and look over Vacaville and the neighboring cities! The numerous people and dogs out makes the space feel very safe and inviting as well. A final review is a 10/10 from me and I recommend to anyone looking for an easy hike with some exercise to come out here - especially if you have fur companions!

After visiting the city, we decided to grab some churches chicken and eat it here at the park. It is always a good place to stop when we are on the road. We used to park our trailer here over-night, however they changed the big dirt parking area and we are no longer able to park our trailer. The dirt parking lot outside the park is now grass.

This is right next to lagoon Valley Park. Lagoon valley park was closed and had a gate across so we turned left at the entrance to get here.

The park was clean, however the restrooms were closed. There was a van overnighter parked here. To be honest, I was shocked that the gate was not locked here since it was after dark.

We dragged one of the tables, picnic tables, to the light in the area and had a picnic. Afterwards, the kids played some tag in the light at the parking
area. It was quite nice as the kids are now teenagers. They have been playing tag in this parking lot since they were little, and it is just fun to see them forget all of their teenage angst and just have fun.

We did clean up really well after the picnic. I believe it is important to teach the children to keep our parks and recreation place clean.

Great park for hiking and trail running. Wide trails along with numerous side trails. Can be a moderately difficulty hike to the top.

Disc golf course. Dogs allowed. Large dog park area as well. Parking is plenty.

I love coming to pena Adobe! There are so hiking options and it's so easy to socially distance yourself. Some trails have a rock trail, while others are just a firm dirt trail. They also have a track for a flat walk around the lagoon! Have a dog? They have a dog park for them. Great place for a gathering and the park has a small playground for kids.
Parking is $5 but totally worth it if you'll be there all day!

The whole park is nice and I love it but the hours are ridiculous. Locking up the gate so no one can go on an early hike and enjoy the sunrise is insane. People are still there, there is just no parking for anyone when you do that. The 10 spots are full by the time it's 6am so anyone else there would have to park illegally or not go at all.

Beautiful park for an easy hike or a stroll. My 2.5y and 5y old kids were able to easily walk everywhere! This place is also stroller friendly with plenty of parking. It has beautiful expansive views from high on top of the rolling hills, walks around lakes, and a stroll through a grove of redwood trees at Jack Hume Grove. Lots of nature and wildlife. A disc (frisbee) golf course. A Questcache activity. We will definitely be returning here.

This park is the best one of the best in Solano County. Great area to go on runs for those who enjoy fitness by taking the trail by Guns Fishing & Other Stuff or the loop on the main entrance. Wildlife is great here as well and very friendly. Encourage people to visit here. See the photos for a sample of what Pena Adobe has to offer.