East Bay Regional Park District
The East Bay Regional Park District is a public authority operating in Alameda County and Contra Costa County, California, within the East Bay area of the San Francisco Bay Area. It maintains and operates a system of regional parks for the two counties.
The EBRPD was founded in 1934. By 2003 it was operating a system of 65 parks covering nearly 95000 acres (over 380 km²). While some of these are wilderness areas, many include a variety of visitor attractions, include opportunities for swimming, angling, boating and camping. There are more than 1100 miles (1750 km) of hiking trails within the parks, and in addition nearly 150 miles (250 km) of paved trails through urban areas link parks together.
The parks administered by the EBRPD vary greatly in size and character. Particularly notable are the string of parks along the ridge of the East Bay hills, including Wildcat Canyon Regional Park and Tilden Regional Park, and bay shore parks such as the Point Pinole Regional Shoreline.
The work of the EBRPD is supported by a voluntary body, the Regional Parks Foundation, which raises funds for the improvement of the parks.
List of EBRPD parks with Wikipedia articles
- Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
- Point Pinole Regional Shoreline
- Sunol Regional Wilderness
- Tilden Regional Park