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Five Canyons Open Space

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Type	Open space
Location	Alameda County, California
Nearest city	Hayward, California
Coordinates	37°41′11″N 122°01′43″W / 37.6865°N 122.0285°W / 37.6865; -122.0285
Area	300 acres (1.2 km)
Created	1998
Operated by	East Bay Regional Park District

Five Canyons Open Space (FCOS) is located in Castro Valley, in Alameda County, California. Five Canyons is a multi-agency collaboration between East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD), Alameda County Public Works, Hayward Area Recreation and Parks District (HARD), and several homeowners associations. EBRPD is the lead agency for this open space. FCOS opened in 1998, consists of 300 acres (1.2 km) and 5 miles (8.0 km) of trails and has almost no amenities. The main visitors are hikers, bicyclists, equestrians and dog walkers. Restrooms and drinking water are available at HARD's nearby Five Canyons Park.

FCOS is open daily from 8:00 AM until dusk. There are no fees for parking or for dogs. There are no wheelchair-accessible facilities, no restrooms, no drinking water, no picnic facilities, and no reservable campgrounds.

The Bay Area Ridge Trail connects FCOS to Cull Canyon Regional Recreation Area to the north and Don Castro Regional Recreation Area to the west. At some future time, the trail will also connect to Garin Regional Park, Dry Creek Regional Park and Mission Peak Regional Preserve.

References

"Five Canyons Open Space and Trail System (Map text)." East Bay Regional Parks District. Accessed August 24, 2017.
^ "Five Canyons Open Space." East Bay Regional Park District. Accessed August 24, 2017.

v t e East Bay Regional Parks
Parks	Alvarado Park Anthony Chabot Briones Castle Rock Contra Loma Coyote Hills Crockett Hills Del Valle Diablo Foothills Dublin Hills Dry Creek Pioneer Garin Lake Chabot Pleasanton Ridge Redwood Ridgelands Sobrante Ridge Tassajara Ridge Temescal Tilden Vargas Plateau Wildcat Canyon
Shorelines	Antioch/Oakley Big Break Brooks Island Carquinez Strait Hayward Martin Luther King Jr. Miller/Knox Oyster Bay Point Isabel Point Pinole Radke Martinez
Preserves/open spaces	Bishop Ranch Black Diamond Mines Brushy Peak Claremont Canyon Five Canyons Huckleberry Leona Canyon Mission Peak Morgan Territory Sibley Round Valley Sobrante Ridge Sycamore Valley Vasco Caves Waterbird
Wilderness areas	Las Trampas Ohlone Sunol
Recreation areas	Cull Canyon Don Castro Kennedy Grove Quarry Lakes Roberts Shadow Cliffs
Trails	Alameda Creek Iron Horse
Other	Ardenwood Historic Farm Browns Island Crown Memorial State Beach Eastshore State Park Hoffman Marsh Little Hills Picnic Ranch Point Molate Beach Park Breuner Marsh (now Dotson Family Marsh)

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