Trail begins at Depot. You may also access the trail from Devil's Corral off Highway 36 about 7 miles out of Susanville. The Goumaz Trailhead and and primitive campground located at the midpoint of the trail can be accessed on Forest Service gravel roads that leave Highway 44 about 7 miles west of the intersection of Highway 44 and 36. The Susanville Depot Visitor Center is the main trailhead and visitor center for the Bizz Johnson Trail. The Depot provides trail information, interpretive displays and videos and includes a book store and gift shop.
Bike rentals are also available.
Trail information is also posted outside the depot for year round use. The Bizz Johnson Trail begins at the Depot and follows the railroad tracks west across Richmond Road and into Susan River Canyon. The Westwood Museum is a great little home town museum that provides an excellent glimpse of why the rail trail you will ride was built - to serve the Red River Lumber Company, once the largest pine lumber mill in the world. Stop in to see lots of old photos of the mill, the town and the railroad in its hey day from 1914 to 1956. The museum is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 11am to 4pm.