Tony Powers is the Winner of the May is Bike Month Photo Contest with this striking portrait of the Truss Bridge under a beautiful moon. Congratulations, Tony!
Folsom, California, is fortunate to have a wonderful, ever-expanding network of trails--ideal for bicycling, commuting, jogging, walking, or just wandering.
Over 40 miles of trails meander throughout the city, connecting beautiful open spaces, natural areas, friendly neighborhoods, parks, businesses, and other trail systems, including the American River Parkway.
An additional 30 miles of trails are gradually being added as part of the Folsom Plan Area south of Hwy 50.
Friends of Folsom Parkways Meeting (Everyone is welcome!)
The Parkway at Folsom Owners'
Association Building, 1455 Willow
Bend Road, Folsom.
(To get to this meeting take Blue
Ravine east, past Oak Avenue
Parkway to Parkway Drive. Make
a right turn on to Parkway Drive.
Go one block and turn left on to
Willow Bend Road. The club
house is immediately on the
right.)
2023-09-16 7-8:00am
Community Service Day
Check in at Lakeside Church at 745
Oak Avenue Parkway to receive a T-
shirt and a complimentary
breakfast. Projects end at varying times.
More than 1,500 volunteers are
needed for this city-wide event.
Early registration is encouraged
as project teams fill quickly.
Learn more and register to
volunteer online. For more
information go to this link:
Click this map for a downloadable Folsom Trails Map
News on the Parkways
2023-08-18
May is Bike Month Photo Contest Winners
The Winners of the May is
Bike Month photo contest
are announced! Thank you
to the many wonderful
photo submissions in our
First Annual Trail Photo
contest. Over 50 photos
of our trails and cycling
in Folsom were submitted.
We greatly appreciate
all the wonderful
depictions of our trails
and trail users. The
winning photos are shown
at the top of this page
and in the *Pic Gallery.
The winners are:
Grand Winner: Tony
Powers;
Cycling on Trails: Doug
Lee;
Honorable Mention: Liza
Siepel Bueb, Shahed
Ameer, Lynn LePage, and
Bruce Cline
2023-07-27
Open Space Closures in Folsom Due to Fire Risk Continues into 2023
Designated city-owned
open spaces that have
high fire risk potential
remain off-limits in
Folsom. The City of
Folsom first issued an
emergency order during
summer 2021 in response
to extreme fire danger.
The emergency order
remains in effect due to
the ongoing extreme
drought conditions and
high fire risk. All
existing public trails,
bicycle paths, and parks
remain open for normal
use. Maps of temporarily
closed city-owned open
spaces are available on
the city’s website.
Closed areas have been
clearly marked with
signage
2023-06-06
Highlights of June "Round Table" Meeting
You might call this the
"Round Table
Meeting" because the
meeting was held at
Roundtable Pizza due to
the usual location being
unavailable. It was very
roomy, and nice to eat
and drink as we met :-)
Folsom City Councilmember
Mike Kozlowski, who also
served as mayor in 2019,
explained how he
advocates for more state
and federal funding for
our trails. With Mike's
attendance, all 5 city
councilmembers have
attended one of our
meeting over the last
five months.
Max Hoffstadt joins Hitha
Varganti as Youth
Director for our
organization. He’s
interested in Urban
Planning, and volunteered
to modernize us by
setting up our Instagram
account.
2023-05-16
Meet our new Youth Director, Hitha Varganti.
The Friends adopted a new
set of bylaws, the end of
2022 and included three
voting positions for
Youth Directors. The
young people must attend
Folsom high schools and
have a desire for
advocacy and education on
trails and trees, and
promoting the mission of
the Friends. Hitha will
be our first Youth
Director, voted in
unanimously by the Board
on May 11.
Hitha is a junior at
Folsom high school and
has built quite a
résumé for herself.
When not studying in her
AP Computer Science,
Calculus, Language and
Composition, and Digital
Art Classes, she is a
weekly volunteer at Mercy
Hospital, serves as
President of the
SkillsUSA club at FHS,
enjoys painting and
classical Indian dance.
She worked as a youth
leader last summer for
Folsom Parks and Rec
(returning again this
summer) and, of course
loves being out on Folsom
trails.
The Friends are excited
to bring a youth
perspective to our Board.
We are currently seeking
two other young people
for the 2023/2024 year.
Welcome Hitha (click
below to see her photo)
2023-05-12
May Meeting Followup News
Folsom City Council
member Anna Rohrbough and
Parks & Recs
Commissioner Samantha
Davidson honored us by
attending last night's
monthly meeting. (See
photo above and on Star
Pics page.)
And, newly appointed
Youth Director Hitha
Varganti pauses preparing
for final exams to attend
our May 2023 monthly
meeting. Welcome to the
Board, Hitha!
(See photo on Star Pics
page.)
