Rockville Hills Regional Park is a 633-acre (~256 hectare, 2.56 square kilometer)
regional park A regional park is an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreational use or other reason, and under the administration of a form of local government.
Definition
A regional park can be a special park distri ...
in the city of
Fairfield,
Solano County, California
Solano County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 453,491. The county seat is Fairfield.
Solano County comprises the Vallejo–Fairfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ...
,
United States
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. The park is known for its volcanic rocks, thin topsoil, grasses, and blue oak trees. There are also oak woodlands, grassland savannas, chaparral and some aquatic habitats.
History
During the 1960s the city of Fairfield was going to build a
golf course
A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". Th ...
on the land; however they decided to transform the area into a trailed park instead. In 2012 nearly 200 oak and manzanita trees were removed at the park at the behest of
PG&E
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, the major California power company, to avoid sparking fires. In 2015 it was reported to be one of the best mountain biking spots in the
San Francisco Bay Area
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by the
Sacramento Bee
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.
In 2018 the park was closed due to a
red flag warning
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, a wildfire probability warning. This is despite the fact the park has never suffered from a conflagration. Also in 2018, the local
4H club
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cleaned garbage, planted endemic trees, and planted moss spores over graffiti covered stones.
Wildlife
The park is home to cows and birds in addition to deer, fox, waterfowl, hawks and bobcats.
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References
https://outroots.co/hiking-rockville-hills-regional-park-ca/
External links
official page
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Parks in Solano County, California
Fairfield, California