At the intersection of the Guerneville Bridge, the route turns southeast and passes through Forestville.

The four east-west blocks of Forestville through which 116 passes are called Front Street, but the route veers south again towards Graton and Sebastopol.

Here it is called Gravenstein Highway North until the intersection with Covert Street in Sebastopol.

[5] SR 116 is eligible to be included in the State Scenic Highway System,;[6] however, it is only a scenic highway as designated by Caltrans from SR 1 to the Sebastopol city limit,[7] meaning that it is a substantial section of highway passing through a "memorable landscape" with no "visual intrusions", where the potential designation has gained popular favor with the community.

[8] Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage.