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April 26 Apple Blossom Parade Detour Routes & Road Closures

April 24, 2025, City News

On Saturday, April 26, 2025, the City of Sebastopol will be holding the annual Apple Blossom Parade. Below you will find information about a DETOUR ROUTE, NO PARKING and ROAD CLOSURES on Saturday.

Apple Blossom Main Street & Petaluma Avenue Detour Route

1. Petaluma Avenue (SR-116), from the intersection at Sebastopol Avenue (SR-12) south to where it intersects with Gravenstein Highway South (SR-116), will be converted in to a two way, north/south, direction roadway by the use of barriers and cones.
2. Westbound traffic on Sebastopol Avenue (SR-12) will be diverted onto southbound Petaluma Avenue.
3. Northbound traffic on Petaluma Avenue (SR-116) will be directed onto eastbound Sebastopol Avenue (SR-12).
4. On Gravenstein Highway South (SR-116), on the south end of town, traffic that wants to travel through Sebastopol to get to the north county or west county area will be diverted onto westbound Lynch Road and then onto northbound Pleasant Hill Road.
5. Incoming eastbound traffic on Bodega Avenue with be diverted to either northbound Pleasant Hill Avenue or southbound Pleasant Hill Road depending on which direction their destination is.
6. Eastbound traffic on Gravenstein Highway North will be diverted onto Covert Lane. From Covert Lane the traffic will be routed onto Pleasant Hill Avenue in a southbound direction.

Apple Blossom Parade “No Parking” Areas

It will be necessary to post the following streets for “NO PARKING” from 7:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. that day.

The “No Parking” areas will be posted to include the following:

• Petaluma Avenue………….Entire street
• High School Road…………Between East Hurlbut and North Main Street
• Main Street…………………..Between Eddie Lane, south to Palm Avenue
• Calder Avenue………………Between South Main Street and Swain Avenue
• High Street…………………..Between Bodega Avenue and Calder Avenue
• Willow Street (North side only) …………..Between South Main Street and Jewell Avenue
• Lynch Road………………….Between Gravenstein Highway and Pleasant Hill Road
• Pleasant Hill Road………..Between Lynch Road and Bodega Avenue
• East Hurlbut Avenue…….Entire street
• Wallace Avenue…………….Entire street
• Taft Street…………………….Entire street
• Bonnardel Avenue………..Entire street
• Sunset Avenue………………Entire street

Also, no traffic other than parade traffic will be allowed on the above areas of Main Street, Calder Avenue, High Street, Maple Avenue, and Willow Street between 9:45 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

Eddie Lane will be closed at the west entrance on that date (at North Main Street). The only access to Eddie Lane will be from the east side from Johnson Street.

We are asking the residents who live within the above areas to please assist us to keep the traffic flowing smoothly by keeping their vehicles off the street from 7:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Thank you for your cooperation.

Apple Blossom Parade Road Closures

8:00 AM

• Southbound High School Road at East Hurlbut Avenue
• Northbound North Main Street at Healdsburg Avenue
• Wallace Street at North Main Street
• Johnson Street at Sunset Avenue
• Morris Street at the Community Center parking lot
• Johnson Street at Laguna Park Way

9:00 AM

• Eddie Lane at North Main Street
• Analy Avenue at North Main Street
• Bonnardel Avenue at Wallace Street

9:30 AM

• All North Main Street Safeway (406 N. Main Street) entrances
• Rite Aid North Main Street (218 N. Main Street) entrance
• Keating Avenue at North Main Street
• Wilton Avenue at North Main Street
• Umpqua Bank entrance (201 N. Main Street) at North Main Street
• Laguna Park Way at McKinley Street
• McKinley Street at North Main Street
• Bodega Avenue at North Main Street
• Sebastopol Avenue at North Main Street
• Sebastopol Avenue at Petaluma Avenue
• Burnett Street at South Main Street
• Burnett Street at Petaluma Avenue
• Burnett Street at High Street
• Bodega Avenue at High Street
• Willow Street at South Main Street
• Willow Street at High Street
• Calder Avenue at South Main Street
• Fannen Avenue at South Main Street
• Fannen Avenue at Petaluma Avenue
• Walker Avenue at South Main Street
• Walker Avenue at Petaluma Avenue
• Maple Avenue at South Main Street
• Maple Avenue at High Street
• Palm Avenue at South Main Street
• Palm Avenue at Petaluma Avenue

At 9:30 AM, Petaluma Avenue will be converted to two-way traffic from Sebastopol Avenue to Gravenstein Hwy South until parade’s end. Westbound and northbound traffic from Sebastopol Avenue will be detoured to Lynch Road (see detour map).

9:45 AM

• North Main Street at Healdsburg Avenue
• Eastbound Bodega Ave at Pleasant Hill Avenue North (Local traffic ok, no through traffic)
• Healdsburg Avenue at Covert Lane (Local traffic ok, no through traffic)

The parade will conclude, and road closures opened around 1:00 PM.