Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park is a public park in Northeast

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. The park features 15 miles of hiking trails, multiple softball fields, a swimming pool, a playground, and numerous barbecue pits and picnic tables. It is notable for having a large off-leash area for dogs, and is also popular with local mountain bikers for its extensive network of trails. The park is hilly and wooded, with access to

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and the surrounding limestone bluffs.

History

Part of what is now Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park was historically inhabited by the indigenous

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people, and the area has yielded several archaeological finds.

References

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