East Bay Regional Parks Close Visitor Centers, Cancel Programs

EAST BAY — The East Bay Regional Park District is closing all of its visitor centers and rental facilities, and is canceling all school programs, recreational programs and naturalist-directed programs through at least April 12, to minimize the danger of COVID-19 coronavirus transmission to the public and district employees, a district spokesman said Sunday night.

The affected visitor centers are Ardenwood Historic Farm (Fremont), Big Break Visitor Center (Oakley), Black Diamond Mines Visitor Center (Antioch), Coyote Hills Visitor Center (Fremont), Crown Beach Crab Cove Visitor Center (Alameda), Garin Barn (Hayward), Sunol Visitor Center (Sunol) and the Tilden Botanic Garden, Environmental Education Center and Little Farm (Berkeley).

Rental facilities closed through at least April 12 include the Brazilian Room at Tilden Park (Berkeley), Shoreline Room at Martin Luther King, Jr. Shoreline (Oakland), Fern Cottage at Kennedy Grove (El Sobrante) and the Beach House at Lake Temescal (Oakland).

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Also to be closed during this time will be the Anthony Chabot campground near Castro Valley and the Del Valle campground southeast of Livermore, and swim facilities at Contra Loma (Antioch), Cull Canyon (Castro Valley), Don Castro (Castro Valley), Lake Anza at Tilden (Berkeley), Lake Temescal (Oakland), the pool at Robert's Regional Park (Oakland) and Quarry Lakes.

As of Sunday, plans are for all regional parks and trails (except those listed above) to remain open to the public. Those who visit are urged to bring their own water and hand sanitizer.

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