The Valley Oak Tree - Silverado Resort

We have played the Silverado Golf courses three times in the last few years: March of 2022 with Holly and Van; April of 2025 with Donna and Kevin; and, March of 2026 with Jack. I have walked by this plaque each time. It is located on the 4th hole of the North Course at Silverado Resort.

The Valley Oak Tree

This tree believed to be one of the oldest in Napa County at over 300 years old. Its ancestors once covered the region's valley floors and gave the grasslands a park-life feel, partly due to the management style of the native people, who used the acorns for their protein nourishment. It is in the white oak family and the leaves have the beloved classic oak shape. This majestic native will send a root deep into the ground to find water. These graceful deciduous trees provide wonderful habitat and summer shade - straight and erect for the first decades and then more spreading with age, with limbs beautifully twisted.