Johnny Cash & American River Trails | Folsom Prison | Folsom Dam

February 26, 2026
Folsom, CA
Distance: 9.56 mi
Elevation Gain: 751ft

 

 




Single track! Gotta take it. 






Bench.








Big House Museum (closed this day).










No one heeded these instructions. 










Prison property across from dam.



Fish ladder?






Remnant of the first dam built circa 1895.







Folsom prison from afar (great zoom).



Prisoners out in the yard.




Historic olive orchard.



1800s ruins of an olive processing plant. 












Truss bridge - built in 1893. 






Rainbow Bridge built circa 1917.