{"id":2220,"date":"2009-04-01T10:43:58","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T18:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=2220"},"modified":"2009-04-02T07:33:21","modified_gmt":"2009-04-02T15:33:21","slug":"one-for-my-to-do-list-briones-regional-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2009\/04\/01\/one-for-my-to-do-list-briones-regional-park\/","title":{"rendered":"One for my to-do list: Briones Regional Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of open hills and sunshine makes Briones Regional Park worth checking out in the springtime. I&#8217;ve heard tell of massive California poppy blooms here in years past. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve driven around Briones once but haven&#8217;t gotten around to hiking it just yet. Here&#8217;s a map of all the parking areas near major trail heads. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=115126947147176520821.000466821412808d82545&amp;ll=37.931607,-122.129688&amp;spn=0.094778,0.171661&amp;t=p&amp;z=12&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small>View <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=115126947147176520821.000466821412808d82545&amp;ll=37.931607,-122.129688&amp;spn=0.094778,0.171661&amp;t=p&amp;z=12&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">Briones Regional Park <\/a> in a larger map<\/small><\/p>\n<p>At Bear Creek on the west end, you&#8217;ll start out at the bottom and hike up. The trailheads on the northeast side start out high on a ridge, if I recall. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a Flickr slide show from Briones: <\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"300\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"&#038;offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&#038;page_show_url=%2Fsearch%2Fshow%2F%3Fq%3Dbriones%26ss%3D2%26ct%3D5&#038;page_show_back_url=%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3Dbriones%26ss%3D2%26ct%3D5&#038;method=flickr.photos.search&#038;api_params_str=&#038;api_text=briones&#038;api_tag_mode=bool&#038;api_safe_search=3&#038;api_content_type=6&#038;api_media=all&#038;api_sort=relevance&#038;jump_to=&#038;start_index=0\"><\/param><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=69832\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=69832\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"&#038;offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&#038;page_show_url=%2Fsearch%2Fshow%2F%3Fq%3Dbriones%26ss%3D2%26ct%3D5&#038;page_show_back_url=%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3Dbriones%26ss%3D2%26ct%3D5&#038;method=flickr.photos.search&#038;api_params_str=&#038;api_text=briones&#038;api_tag_mode=bool&#038;api_safe_search=3&#038;api_content_type=6&#038;api_media=all&#038;api_sort=relevance&#038;jump_to=&#038;start_index=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>More Briones links:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bahiker.com\/eastbayhikes\/bcbriones.html\">Bay Area Hiker <\/a>goes to Bear Creek Staging Area.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebparks.org\/parks\/briones\">East Bay Regional Park District page.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/briones-regional-park-orinda\">Reviews on Yelp.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/quest\/exploration\/briones-regional-park-exploration\">KQED&#8217;s Quest explores Briones.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everytrail.com\/view_trip.php?trip_id=17543\">Springtime hike at Everytrail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/04\/february-hike-of-the-month-briones-peak-in-briones-regional-park\/\">John Soares&#8217; <\/a>February hike of the month.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of open hills and sunshine makes Briones Regional Park worth checking out in the springtime. I&#8217;ve heard tell of massive California poppy blooms here in years past. I&#8217;ve driven around Briones once but haven&#8217;t gotten around to hiking it&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2009\/04\/01\/one-for-my-to-do-list-briones-regional-park\/\">Read the whole thing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[345],"tags":[216],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}