Bishop Ranch Open Space Regional Preserve — Attraction in San Ramon

I gave this 3 stars because that's the average of one and five stars. My son & I came here for a new place to ride bikes. BIG mistake. The terrain is very hilly, and most of the hills are very steep. Too steep to ride up, and even going down could hardly be called "riding". Even walking is quite the workout, especially while pushing a bike. My fault for not checking it out first, but this is much more challenging than say Morgan Territory or Round Valley in East county. But when you get to the top of those hills, the view is great. Can see for miles and look down on much of the city. Must be wonderful in the early morning with the fog rolling through, or when a storm is headed in. Or at night. So if you want a challenging hike, this will do it for you, but...

Residents around San Ramon in San Fransisco can take this Stream-Trail and/or Fox-Trail in weakends for fun. Known as Bishop Ranch Regional Preserve, it is not too hard. A trek of 2.5 Kilometres (1.55 miles) with family n kids in less than 90 minutes, really tests your preparations in professional and amature trekking efforts. In all a 177 meters in elevation, it left us breathless at one point !

Just roadside parking. No washrooms or refreshment available here. We didn't see animals or birds despite rich greenery, water in stream and hillocks full of green grass. But we still enjoyed...

Super awesome place to hike with friends and family. The hike gets very steep, so be prepared to get good elevation pretty soon in the hike. The view from top is mesmerizing so all the hard work in climbing up gets rewarded by the scinic views. Since this was a steep hike it was not very crowded. There is not any staging area for this hike, we end up street parking which all of the other hikers has also done, so all good there. We hiked around first week of February so it was very green due to the rains in previous month. It could also be a great place for day piknik on top of...