The East Bay Regional Park District is encouraging residents to join the 23rd annual EBRPD Trails Challenge. The Trails Challenge is a self-guided hiking program helping you discover your Regional Parks, while getting fit outdoors.
You are encouraged to download your free guidebook and get started!
The booklet includes detailed trail descriptions for hikes in 20 Regional Parks or Trails. Hikes range from easy to challenging. There are trails open to hikers, bicyclists, dogs, and equestrians, and many are wheelchair accessible. While the program is designed to be self-guided, a number of naturalist-led hikes are offered during the year as well.
To complete the challenge, hike five of the trails – or 26.2 miles of trails –by December 1st and submit a trail log to receive a commemorative pin. As in past challenges, the honor system applies.
Now it’s even easier to join the Trails Challenge!
- Registration is no longer required to participate in the Trails Challenge 2016 program.
- Simply download the 2016 guidebook, pick a trail, and start walking, hiking, or biking through your favorite park.
- Trails Challenge t-shirts and printed copies of the guidebooks are free and will be available at select Visitor Centers and at the Administrative building (while supplies last) beginning February 1st.
- View the list of participating Visitor Centers.
- Please note that guidebooks and t-shirts will not be mailed; pick-up only, beginning February 1st.
This year’s featured parks:
Easy
- Big Break Regional Shoreline (Oakley)
- Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline (Martinez)
- Dublin Hills Regional Park (Dublin)
- Hayward Regional Shoreline
- Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area (Fremont)
- Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area (Pleasanton)
Moderate
- Anthony Chabot Regional Park (Oakland)
- Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline (Martinez)
- Diablo Foothills Regional Park (Walnut Creek)
- Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve (Oakland)
- Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline (Richmond)
- Round Valley Regional Shoreline (Brentwood)
- Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve (Richmond)
- Tilden Nature Area (Berkeley)
Challenging
- Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve (Antioch)
- Briones Regional Park (Martinez)
- Garin/Dry Creek Regional Parks (Hayward)
- Las Trampas Regional Wilderness (San Ramon)
- Morgan Territory Regional Preserve (Livermore)
- Sunol Regional Wilderness
Public URL: http://www.ebparks.org/trailschallenge
