Sycamore Valley Regional Open Space Preserve

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Sycamore Valley Regional Open Space Preserve
Location Contra Costa County, California
Nearest city Danville, California
Coordinates 37°48′43″N121°56′22″W / 37.81195°N 121.93935°W / 37.81195; -121.93935 Coordinates: 37°48′43″N121°56′22″W / 37.81195°N 121.93935°W / 37.81195; -121.93935
Area 696 acres (2.82 km2)
Created September 2005
Operated by East Bay Regional Park District

Sycamore Valley Regional Open Space Preserve is a regional park in Contra Costa County, California, outside of Danville, California, United States that is part of the East Bay Regional Parks (EBRPD) system.

A regional park is an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreational use or other reason, and under the administration of a form of local government.

Contra Costa County, California County in California, United States

Contra Costa County is a county in the state of California in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,049,025. The county seat is Martinez. It occupies the northern portion of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, and is primarily suburban. The county's name is Spanish for "opposite coast", referring to its position on the other side of the bay from San Francisco. Contra Costa County is included in the San Francisco–Oakland–Hayward, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Danville, California Place in California, United States

The Town of Danville is located in the San Ramon Valley in Contra Costa County, California. It is one of the incorporated municipalities in California that uses "town" in its name instead of "city". The population was 44,631 in 2016.

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History

Sycamore Valley preserve began when the EBRPD acquired 328 acres (1.33 km2) south of Camino Tassajara in 1989, naming it the Sherburn Hills unit. Ten years later, the district obtained 255 acres (1.03 km2) north of Camino Tassajara from the Town of Danville, plus 106 acres (0.43 km2) from Wood Ranch developers. The result was a 361 acres (1.46 km2) tract named the Short Ridge unit. These two names are still used to designate the southern and northern parts of the preserve, respectively. Other small acquisitions have brought the preserve to its present size of 696 acres (2.82 km2). [1]

In the 1980s, the Town of Danville developed the Sycamore Valley Specific Plan to protect open space on the ridge lines south of Mount Diablo to be saved. The plan specified the following goals:

The park officially opened to the public on September 25, 2005. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.ebparks.org/parks/sycamore "Sycamore Valley Regional Open Space Preserve." East Bay Regional Park District. Accessed August 27, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Clardelli, Dolores Fox. "Sycamore Valley preserve opening Sunday." Danville Express. September 23, 2005. Accessed August 27, 2017.


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