Calistoga (Wappo: Nilektsonoma) is a city in Napa County, California, United States.

[4] Today, Calistoga continues as a popular tourist destination in Wine Country, owing to its vineyards and historic landmarks.

The Upper Napa Valley was once the home of a significant population of Indigenous People, called the Wappo, during the Spanish colonial era of the late 18th century.

With abundant oak trees providing acorns as a food staple and the natural hot springs as a healing ground Calistoga (Wappo: Nilektsonoma, meaning "Chicken Hawk Place")[5] was the site of several villages.

Samuel Brannan was the leader of a Mormon settlement expedition on the ship Brooklyn landing in Yerba Buena (San Francisco) in 1846.

[6][7][8] The place had already been previously called Hot Springs by the few Americans, and Agua Caliente by the Spaniards and Indians.

Lincoln with the Spa/Hotel located at what is now Indian Springs Resort and Brannan Cottage Inn, opened to California's rich and famous in 1862.

The Napa Valley Railroad Company's track was completed to Calistoga in 1868, providing an easier connection for ferry passengers traveling from San Francisco, as well as transforming Calistoga into a transportation hub for the upper Napa Valley and a gateway to Lake and Sonoma Counties.

Calistoga's economy was based on mining (silver and mercury) agriculture (grapes, prunes and walnuts) and tourism (the hot springs).

In 1924 he set up a bottling line and began selling Calistoga Sparkling Mineral Water.

[10] In 2017, the Tubbs Fire, which killed at least 19 people, started off of Highway 128 and Bennett Lane in Calistoga.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2), 99.30% of it land and 0.70% of it water.

According to National Weather Service records, Calistoga has cool, wet winters with temperatures dropping to freezing on an average of 35.6 days.

Summers are usually very dry, with daytime temperatures regularly reaching 90 °F (32 °C) or higher on an average of 70.8 days, but nights are cool, dropping into the mid-fifties.

Snow often falls in the nearby mountains during the winter months, but is rare in Calistoga.

The city allows visitors to see Wine Country as it was before freeways and fast food—only two-lane roads lead there, including those segments of Highway 29 and Highway 128 that pass through Calistoga, and fast food franchises are banned by law.

During his tenure as mayor, Williams has focused on preserving Calistoga's small town character,[24] expensive water rates,[25] and the city's acquisition of the Napa County Fairgrounds.

Scenes from the Disney movie Bedtime Stories starring Adam Sandler were filmed in Calistoga in June 2008.