Address: 1700 Castle Rock Rd, Walnut Creek, CA 94598
** Best-stayed quiet in the East Bay Regional Park framework **
First time to this park and I was enjoyably astonished. Actually, the recreation center is a piece of the Diablo Foothills Park, which is a piece of the Magnificent East Bay Regional Parks. Did you realize that the East Bay Regional Park framework is really the biggest urban park framework in the United States?
You are in reality close to three diverse Park frameworks: Walnut Creek Shell Ridge, East Bay Regional Park Diablo Foothills, and Mount Diablo State Park. It resembles getting 3 at the cost of one!
If you need to go on a short, simple climb there is an extremely straightforward Trail that circumvents the fundamental Recreation Area. I climbed this today and it was an exceptionally basic climb. This would be an extremely decent prologue to climbing for amateurs.
One extremely decent component of this part is there is zero charge for stopping. There are two extensive parking garages accessible. In the event that you need to go swimming, there is a couple of dollars expense for that. Since it was Winter I chose to not go swimming. Also, the pool is shut, so that helped me settle on that decision.
A few people don’t understand that this Park is near some significant Wildlife. Did you realize that the American Peregrine Falcon is a state-insured winged animal? They have their settling region directly off Stage Road.
Amid the settling season, you are not permitted to go amiss from the trail. On different occasions, you can climb straight up to where they live! I didn’t perceive any Falcons while I was here, however it was too Smokey to climb down Stage Road.
Palace Rock has huge amounts of offices. For instance, they have a pool, huge amounts of park tables, obviously brilliant climbing trails, horseback riding trails, horseshoe pits, a softball field, and parts more. They have a few will kept up bathrooms region too.
Amid the swimming season, they really have a shower house with showers! I needed to check whether the showers were warmed however they were shut for the season. I gave them five stars, however, if I discover those showers are cold, I’m deducting a star!
Obviously, in the winter season, the pool is shut.
I got an opportunity to converse with the recreation center officer, John. He is an unobtrusive individual and demanded I offer credit to the majority of the recreation center officers and not specify his name, which is John.
There’s kind of a mystery Trail that interfaces the recreation center to Northgate Road. The passageway to this Trail is directly beside the huge Equestrian Center. If you don’t mind remain on the trail and not encroach upon private property. I climbed a little on the North piece of the trail and met some decent people on horseback.
It was excessively smoky today for me to go on a long climb, so I went on a short Loop climb around the primary Recreation Area at Castle Rock.
Completely a brilliant spot to visit. Bring your mutts, bring your children, bring Grandma!
