Park and Open Space Index

Listed items without links are places I haven't yet written about.Where only an INFO link is provided, you are on your own, I'm only saying it looks to me as if it might be good, and I'd be grateful if anyone who tries these would phone [510-655-8863] or email me the straight dope.

• Albany Bulb AG-E **** 2+ miles v?

• Alameda Creek Regional Trail [EBRPD, Fremont, Union City, Newark] AA & B * 12 miles vSJ

• Anthony Chabot Regional Park [EBRPD, Oakland]

• Aquatic Park (Berkeley)

• Baltimore Canyon Larkspur

• Berkeley Pier   AA; ** 1 milevSJ

• Bothin Marsh, Marin County Open Space District AA-C; *; 2+ mile;vSJ

• Briones Regional Park [EBRPD] AG-E **** 2+ miles SJ

• César Chávez Park [Berkeley] vSJ

• China Camp State Park AG *** 3+ miles

• Chitactac-Adams County Park [Gilroy]

• Contra Loma Regional Park [EBRPD, Antioch]  A, B ** 1+ miles

• Coyote Hills Regional Park (EBRP, Fremont)   AA - C; *** ; v? SJ

• Crab Cove and Crown Memorial State Beach [EBRPD, Alameda] A; 2.5 miles; v SJ

• Cross Marin Trail (Samuel P. Taylor State Park) AA, AG; **** ; 4+ miles vSJ

• East Bay Regional Parks [EBRPD] See individual park entries.

• Eastshore State Park Albany Bulb

• El Corte de Madera Creek [MROSD] San Mateo County

• Fremont Older Open Space Preserve [Santa Clara County] B - C? 2+ miles SL

• Fort Cronkhite Marin Headlands [GGNRA] AG - C; **** 3+ miles SJ
  

• Garin/Dry Creek Pioneer Parks [EBRPD,Hayward] AA-D; *** 6+ milesv

• Gerbode Valley, Marin Headlands [GGNRA]

• Golden Gate Park [SF] AA - C; **** 4+ miles v SJ
  

• Glen Canyon Park [San Francisco Parks and Recreation] B - D; *; 0.4 mile v

• Joseph D. Grant County Park [Santa Clara] AA - D; **** 10+ miles SL

• Grizzly Island Wildlife Refuge [south of Fairfield, near Grizzly Bay] AG - C; *** 4+ miles SL

• Half Moon Bay State Beach (south of San Francisco on Hwy 1)

• Hayward Shoreline [EBRPD] AG-B; *** 5+ miles v?

• Laguna de Santa Rosa, [Sebastopol Wetlands Preserve, Joe Rodota Trail] Sonoma County AA - ?; ? miles v?SJ

• Lake Chabot Regional Park [EBRPD] B? - C; *** 10+ miles SJ

• Lake Merced (San Francisco) AA; ?; 3+ miles vSJ

• Lakeside Park [Oakland] AA - AG; ** 3+ miles vSJ

• Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District [Marin] AG *** 3+ miles SJ

• Las Trampas Regional Wilderness [EBRPD] C - D; *** 4+ miles SL

• Marin Municipal Water District [MMWD]

• MLK Regional Shoreline: Arrowhead Marsh [EBRPD, Oakland] AA -AG *** 1+ miles  SJ

• Middle Harbor Regional Shoreline [EBRPD, Oakland] AA; * ; 1+ miles; vSJ

• Morgan Territory Regional Preserve (EBRPD, Livermore) C - D; ?; 3+ miles 

• Mount Burdell Open Space Preserve [Marin]

• Mount Madonna County Park Gilroy, Santa Clara County

• Mount Tamalpais [Marin]
  

• Muir Woods National Monument [Mill Valley] AA - C; *** ; 5+ miles vS

• Marin Headlands [see Fort Cronkhite, Tennessee Valley, and Gerbode Valley Trails]

• Pescadero Creek County Park [San Mateo]

• Portola Redwoods State Park [San Mateo]

• Pillar Point Harbor West Shoreline Trail [Princeton, San Mateo County] AG; 1.2 mile;v?

• Pinole Shores Regional Park [Richmond] 

• Point Isabel Regional Shoreline [EBRPD, Richmond] AA; ** ; 2 miles; vSJ

• Point Pinole Regional Shoreline[EBRPD, Richmond] AA - C; *** ; 5+ milesvSJ
  

• Point Reyes National Seashore [Marin]

• Point San Pablo Yacht Harbor [Richmond, north of Point Molate] B; *** ; 0.3+ miles

• Purisima Creek Redwoods [Midpeninsula Regional Open Space Preserve]   A-D; **** ; 4 miles SJ
  

• Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area (EBRP, Fremont) AA - AG; 3+ mile; **; vSJ

• Rancho Cañada del Oro

• Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve and County Park (Santa Clara) AA-C; 5+ miles; SJ

• Redwood Regional Park [EBRPD, Oakland]

• Ring Mountain, Marin County Open Space District C-E; 2+ miles

• Rush Creek, Marin County Open Space District

• Rush Ranch Open Space Fairfield, Solano County AG - C; *** 2+ miles SL

• Salt Point State Park Sonoma County

• Sam McDonald County Park [San Mateo]

• Samuel P. Taylor State Park [Marin] Cross Marin Trail  AA, AG; **** ; 4+ miles vSJ

• San Pedro Valley County Park [Pacifica near Hwy 1]    AG - E; ?; 1.1+ miles;v

• Santa Teresa Park [Santa Clara County Parks] B - D?; 5+ miles

• Sebastopol Wetlands Preserve [see Laguna de Santa Rosa]

• Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve [EBRPD] B-C; **1 mile;v?

• Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve [EBRPD] C - D; ** 1.5+ miles SL

• Sweeney Ridge [GGNRA] San Bruno   B-C?; 2.5+ miles; SJ

• Strybing Arboretum [Golden Gate Park] AA - AG; **** 3+ miles vSJ

• Spring Lake [Sonoma County Park] AA - B; ** ; 0.5+ miles SJ

• Stafford Lake [Marin County Park] D & E; * ; 0.5 miles

• Sunol Regional Wilderness[EBRPD, south of Pleasanton] AG - E; ****  INFO

• Tennessee Valley Trail, Marin Headlands [GGNRA]
  

• Tilden Park [EBRPD, Berkeley]

• UC Botanical Garden [Berkeley] AG - C; *** ; 0.5+ miles; vSJ

• Uvas County Park Morgan Hill 

• Vasona and Los Gatos Creek County Parks AA-AG; ?; 5.6 miles vSJ
  

• Wildcat Canyon Regional Park [EBRPD, Richmond]

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