This beautiful 9090-acre parkland is on the oak-covered ridge overlooking Pleasanton and the Livermore Valley from the west.
Lake Chabot Reservoir was built in 1874-75 as a primary source of water for the East Bay.
The Regional Parks Botanic Garden was founded on January 1, 1940. Situated in Tilden Regional Park's beautiful Wildcat Canyon in the heart of the north Berkeley Hills, the garden is devoted to the collection, growth, display, and preservation of the native plants of California. The state is a vast region of many floral areas, such as seacoast bluffs and coastal mountains, interior valleys, arid foothills, alpine zones, and two kinds of desert. California embraces nearly 160,000 square miles - imagine 160,000 square miles of California set in a garden that can be walked in a day.
Tilden Nature Area is a 740-acre preserve located just North of Tilden Regional Park.
In 2017, solar panels were installed at Shadow Cliffs.
One of the District's three oldest parks, Tilden has been called the jewel of the system, and its recreational activities have become a happy tradition for generations of East Bay youngsters.
The journey is as scenic as the destination at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, a 2,432-acre parkland right next to densely populated Pinole, Richmond, and San Pablo.
Look around you and you will find two magnificent parkland areas--Garin and Dry Creek Pioneer regional parks.
Don Castro Regional Park is a 101-acre urban oasis on the boundary between Hayward and Castro Valley.