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Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park
About The Park
This beautiful 5,271-acre parkland is on the oak-covered ridge overlooking Pleasanton and the Livermore Valley from the west. It is planned as the core of a Ridgelands Regional Park to be acquired over a period of many years. Parkland development has been intentionally limited to preserve the pastoral atmosphere.
The park occupies Pleasanton Ridge and beyond. To the northwest it spills down off Pleasanton Ridge into upper Kilkare Canyon, where it continues up onto Sunol Ridge, finally terminating at its westernmost corner in Stoneybrook Canyon. Inside the park, elevations exceed 1,600 feet.
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Park Activities
From the main staging area on Foothill Road you can follow a multi-purpose trail system, which accommodates hikers, equestrians, and bicyclists, provides canyon views and ridgetop vistas, and access to remote, deep-canyon streams. Back to top
Park Accessibility
There are one paved disabled parking and one wheelchair accessible portable toilet in the Foothill staging area. The two old redwood type drinking fountains would allow a wheelchair to get under but there is no smooth surface under these facilities. The park will install an upgraded fountain this summer for wheelchair-bound visitors in an area by the disabled parking. There is one picnic table that can accommodate two wheelchairs and is also next to the disabled parking. The trails in the park are all multi-use dirt trails so they are more suitable for visitors who use electric wheelchair.
Trail Accessibility Report
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To Reach The Park
From I-680 in Pleasanton, exit at Castlewood Drive and go west. Turn left (south) onto Foothill Road, towards the town of Sunol. The Foothill Staging Area is about two miles from Castlewood Drive, on the right.
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Trail Map
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Podcast
- Pleasanton Ridge Podcast (duration: 4 min 45 sec): Park introduction, then description of 5.8-mile moderate-to-challenging hike: Oak Tree Staging Area to Oak Tree Trail, to Thermalito Trail, to Ridgeline Trail, to Woodland Trail or Oak Tree Trail, to Oak Tree Staging Area.
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Park Info
- Address
- Foothill Road
Pleasanton, CA - Download Brochure
- Phone Numbers
- 925-862-2963
- Toll Free: 888-EBPARKS (888-327-2757), option 3, extension 4549
- Local Weather
Podcast- Maps
- View Trail Map
- Download PDF Map
- Yahoo Map
- Park Hours
- Open between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m. unless otherwise posted or permitted
- Park Events
- Click here for upcoming events
- Parking Fee
- No fee
- Dog Fee
- No fee
- Camping Reservations
- No reservable campgrounds
- Picnic Reservations
- No reservable sites
- Emergency Number
- 911
- EBRPD Headquarters
- 1-888-EBPARKS or 1-888-327-2757
Park Update
- Park Update
- On Saturday, December 6, 1,067 acres of open space located on the north end of 4,085-acre Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park will open to the public. The property includes undeveloped, steep, wooded ridges that rise to elevations of more than 1,600 feet above the San Ramon Valley and Livermore plain. The new addition adds 5.18 miles of multi-use trails, open to hiking, horseback riding, and biking through oak/bay woodland, grassland-covered rolling hills, and valleys with meandering, tree-lined creeks.
- Connections to the new property are from the Foothill Staging Area via the Ridgeline Trail, which passes through the City of Pleasanton's Augustin Bernal Park. North Ridge Trail and Sinbad Creek Trail then continue into the new property, providing a loop.
- Until a revised park map can be made available, please be attentive to all signs designating trails, and do not enter adjacent private property.
- Grazing Update
- Approximately 90 small steer have been introduced to the southern area of Pleasanton Ridge. These cattle will graze on the eastern slope near the Foothill staging area. If we have improved growing conditions, the cattle will be moved to the ridge. Typically the cattle will graze the area until mid May and then be removed from the park. If the grass will not support the cattle, they will be removed earlier.
- Trail Update
- During the rainy season the trails in the canyons will be a little muddy. The ridge trails dry out faster due their exposure to the elements. The Thermalito Trail is an all-weather, gravel-base trail that runs from the town of Sunol to the intersection of Oak Tree Trail and then north to Pleasanton Ridge.
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