Find trips, trailheads and campgrounds near you! Click here to go to the Bay Area Open Space Council's new Transit to Trails website!

Healthy Trails to You…
Want to do something that’s FREE and fun for the whole family? You can walk, run, ride a bike or a horse, bring a stroller, use your wheelchair, walk your dog, bring your kids and friends.  While you’re out enjoying nature you’ll also be getting some exercise. Healthy Trails is  a fitness challenge for everyone, even if you’ve never done it before. Start by clicking here and you’ll find all the details. Want to start Healthy Trails with some others? Click here for Healthy Trails guided walks. There also lots of other activities if you just want to get out in a park.

Come Out and Play More This Year
County Parks’ 45,000 acre system of urban and mountain parks, trails, lakes, streams and open space is one of the most diverse recreational areas in all of California. Our natural environments range from the wetlands of San Francisco Bay to the oak woodlands of the Diablo Mountain Range to the majestic redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains. You can just enjoy nature all by yourself or with friends or find lots of other activities while enjoying the great outdoors: 

• Bring the kids to a playground 
• Plan a family picnic
• Rent a horse
• Jog or hike a trail          
• Go to the shooting range
• Hit a few balls at our golf courses
• Try our archery range
• Camp under the stars
• Bring your off road vehicle
• Try our motorcycle park
• Visit the Olympic size velodrome
• Play with your model airplane
• Bring out your boat
• Take out the fishing pole
• See our calendar of outdoor activities