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<br />Aug.ustin Bernal Park
<br />'!1lC 237-acre Aug.ustin Bernal Park is located in western Pleasant"n on the Pleasant"n Ridge. Access
<br />to tills open space park is through the Golden Eagle Fann subdivision which contains a sta~>1ng area
<br />with parking restrooms. park interpretive ,lisplays. and a trail head. Hikers may also enter the open
<br />space from the Pleasant"n Ridge Rel,>1onal Park via the Ridgcland Trail (discussed below. under trails).
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<br />This open space contains a lush reserve of California native plant specimens and wildlife which offer a
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<br />unique opportunity for interpretation and enjoyment. Oak woodlands grace steeper portions "f the
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<br />open space while dense chaparral-type vegetation dots the lower hillside. Annual grasses and
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<br />wildflowers comprise the savannah <l'rassland). which wraps the ridgeline and riparian vCf'etation
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<br />pecks out from the drainage swales. Scattered throughout Augustin Bernal Park arc remai'llng vestiges
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<br />"f native bunch grass.
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<br />In atlditiofl to neighbothoml and eOl"',ltInit) "arb, the Pl.lI1ning ,\rea eontaim hH} regional parlu.
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<br />The Pka,anton Ritlgd"ndj Regional ParI, "'<.Ientl) eontaim 3,163 "ere". It ij owfled and maintained
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<br />b) the Ca,t Bay Rcgion"l P"rk Di,triet (EBRPD) and i.1 "lanned a.! the eore of a mueh laq"er area t" be
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<br />"e'luired o,er n>.ln) )ean in tl.e future. '!1,e "ad, "ro,idu e..n)"n and ridge top "iew.I and aeee'.l to
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<br />ren,ote, dee" ea"),,n 'trellnu Prima,) aeee3J i., "tn,ided from the ,..ai,~ .lfaging area on Foothill Road
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<br />by ...IY of a multi ptllpo.le trail.l)sten" "hid, lleeon"n(},Lte, hikeD, etjuutriaflj, "fld bie)diJu.
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<br />Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park.
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<br />The 4084-acre Pleasanton Ridge Re~>1onal Park is owned and operated by the East Bay RCf>1onal Park
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<br />District and is the core of a larger area planned to be aC'luired over many years. '!1,e park provides
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<br />canyon and ridge-top views and access to remote deep-canyon streams. 'I11C main stal,>1ng area on
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<br />Foothill Road provides primar:y access by way of a multi-purpose trail system. which accommodates
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<br />hikers equestrians. and bicyclists. This park is adjacent to. and sintilar in nature and use to. AU~'1.lstin
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<br />Bernal Park.
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<br />Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area.
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<br />'I1,e 249-acre Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area provides atjuatic, hiking, and cooking facilities
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<br />and attracts people from all over the Tri Valley. Thi.l faeilit) i.l aho owned and o,,<rated by The East
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<br />Bay Rq,>1onal Park District also owns and operates this facility, which in addition to active recreational
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<br />Opporltllllties such as water slides. also functions as open space with its open water and trails
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<br />surrounding the former sand and eravcl pit. This park offers a respite from urban living to people in
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<br />the area. Shadow Cliff.l and the Pleajanlon Ridgeland, Region.,l Park, .lIe an inlegtftl put of the I:a.lt
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<br />[h) park .lptem ealled for in the E...,t Bay RegionlllPark Di"triet Ma.lter Plan'
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<br />The unde.elo"edarea tlejignated ll.lP..rlt., and Reertation on the ceneralPlan Map and loeatetl.lOuth
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<br />af Ca.ltk"ood Country Cltlb, beL. ten Foothill Rtl..d and I 680, ij tl.led prima,ily a.I .. r..illO..d and
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<br />flood eantroj eorritlor. It pm,idej .1 .letnie resource along I 680 aj ,.ell aj a riparian eauidor and
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<br />Con os FJt"ml'nt, CC 1182906, rcJlinc
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<br />VIl-20
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