
Trail Safety Tips
The exceptional views and activity on Tri-Valley’s trails are calling us! Thanks to recent rains, many plants and wildlife are thriving, which is a great thing to see on your hike. With proper attention to trail safety, we are...
The exceptional views and activity on Tri-Valley’s trails are calling us! Thanks to recent rains, many plants and wildlife are thriving, which is a great thing to see on your hike. With proper attention to trail safety, we are...
photo caption: Bob Coomber (pictured front and center), also known as Four Wheel Bob, joins the ribbin cutting in 2014 for the 74 acre addition to Sycamore Grove Park which will now allow for a regional trail connection. photo by...
Deep in a valley framed by oak-covered hills, with sailboats and kayaks skimming over its waters, Del Valle is a lakeside heaven on 10 miles south of Livermore. Lake views dominate this easy trail that meanders along the lake....
Sycamore Grove has one of the largest stands of native sycamore trees in California. This particular trail leads to the back part of the park. It follows the original wine harvest road that was used to access a gravitation...
This beautiful 5,271 acre parkland is on the oak covered ridge overlooking Pleasanton and the Livermore Valley from the west. The park occupies Pleasanton Ridge and beyond. This loop hike provides an overview of what the park has to...
The Short Ridge Preserve is located within a region of rolling hills and valleys south of Mt. Diablo. The Short Ridge Trail is mostly grassland with scattered trees consisting of valley oak, coast live oak, and buckeye. This habitat...
Dublin Hills Regional Park spans approximately 654 acres within an undeveloped open space corridor of a main ridge that connects Donlon Point on the Park’s southern boundary to Wiedemann Hill on adjacent private property to the north. It is...
by Laura Ness When he was just 18, Dublin resident and retired math and science teacher Richard Deets suffered a life-altering collision while riding a motorcycle in southern California, where he grew up. “The doctors told me I...
by Richard Deets, Volunteer, and Former Search and Rescue Squad Member Photo: Jake Siders The exceptional views and activity on Tri-Valley’s trails are calling us! Thanks to recent rains, many plants and wildlife are thriving, which...
by Judy Eckart, Tri-Valley Conservancy Volunteer and Supporter In early April, my spouse and I had the good fortune to see a pair of rattlesnakes dancing in Holdener Park in Livermore. We had walked, as we often do, from...