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Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park
Located between Calistoga and St. Helena, this 5-acre park is famous for its water-powered corn and wheat grain mill.
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Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park Details
Located between Calistoga and St. Helena, this 5-acre park is famous for its water-powered corn and wheat grain mill. The mill was built in 1846 by locally sourced Douglas firs and conifer redwoods and features a 36-foot-tall water wheel. Operations ceased in 1879 and sat unused until it was handed over to the Native Sons of the Golden West organization to be restored in the late 1960s. In addition to visiting the mill, you can also make the two-mile round trip hike to the Bothe-Napa Valley State Park nearby. Along the way, you will see the first church ever to be built in Napa Valley, as well as a historic cemetery.
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