page_title: Calistoga, California
section_title: Tourist attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Calistoga, California / Tourist attractions
caption_attribution_description: English: Old Faithful Geyser, Calistoga, California, USA.
context_page_description: Calistoga is a city in Napa County, in California's Wine Country. During the 2010 census, the population was 5,155.
context_section_description: Calistoga is at the north end of the Napa Valley Calistoga AVA, part of California's Wine Country. There are numerous wineries within a short drive. The city allows visitors to see wine country as it was before freeways and fast food—only two-lane roads lead there, inducing those segments of Highway 29 and Highway 128 that pass through Calistoga, and fast food franchises are banned by law.
  Calistoga itself is noted for its hot springs spas such as Calistoga Spa Hot Springs. A local specialty is immersion in hot volcanic ash, known as a mud bath. Nearby attractions include an artificial geothermal geyser known as the "Old Faithful of California" or "Little Old Faithful". The geyser erupts from the casing of a well drilled in the late 19th century. According to Dr. John Rinehart in his book A Guide to Geyser Gazing (1976 p. 49), a man had drilled into the geyser in search for water. He had actually "simply opened up a dead geyser".
caption: "Old Faithful of California" (Erupting Geothermal Well)
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