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Bishop Ranch and the East Bay Regional Park District's Bishop Ranch Regional Preserve were originally part of a 3,000-acre parcel (1,200 ha) called Norris Ranch. Western Electric acquired Bishop Ranch in 1955 to house a manufacturing plant. Sunset Development Company purchased the 585-acre parcel from Western Electric in 1978. In 2022, Chevron ...
806 acres (3.26 km 2) Operated by. East Bay Regional Park District. Bishop Ranch Regional Preserve (BRRP), also known as Bishop Ranch Regional Open Space Preserve is a 444-acre (1.80 km 2) regional park on a ridge top at the edge of San Ramon, California. It is near a residential area, west of San Ramon Valley Road and south of Bollinger Canyon ...
In 1895, Bishop acquired 3,000 acres (12 km 2) of Norris land (after a divorce case in which Bishop's law firm represented Margaret Norris) in San Ramon. The San Ramon Bishop Ranch raised cattle and sheep and was planted to hay, grain, diversified fruit crops and walnuts. Bishop's Shropshire purebred sheep earned numerous awards.
San Ramon (Spanish: San Ramón, meaning "Saint Raymond") is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, located within the San Ramon Valley, and 34 miles (55 km) east of San Francisco. San Ramon's population was 84,605 per the 2020 census, [9] making it the 4th largest city in Contra Costa County, behind Concord, Richmond and Antioch.
The Iron Horse Regional Trail is a rail trail for pedestrians, horse riders and bicycles in the East Bay Area in California. This trail is located in inland central Alameda and Contra Costa counties, mostly following a Southern Pacific Railroad right of way established in 1891 and abandoned in 1977. [1] The two counties purchased the right of ...
East Bay Regional Park District. Las Trampas Regional Wilderness is a 5,342-acre (21.62 km 2) regional park located in Alameda and Contra Costa counties in Northern California. The nearest city is Danville, California. Las Trampas is Spanish for the traps, or the snares. [a] The park belongs to the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD).
EBRPD had bought about 400 acres (1,600,000 m 2) of land for $2.3 million, while developers contributed 120 acres (490,000 m 2). [4] In September, 2015, EBRPD announced that it had bought a 362 acres (1.46 km 2 ) parcel of land on the northern boundary of the Dublin Hills park that was owned by the Wiedemann Ranch.
Operated by. East Bay Regional Park District. Wildcat Canyon Regional Park is a 2,789-acre (1,129 ha) East Bay Regional Parks District park bordering the city of Richmond in Contra Costa County in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. [ 1] It includes a portion of Wildcat Canyon as well as a portion of the adjoining San Pablo Ridge, and is ...