Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve
Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
Location | San Mateo County, California, USA |
Nearest city | Redwood City, California |
Coordinates | 37°18′47″N 122°12′53″W / 37.31306°N 122.21472°W |
Area | 3,137 acres (12.69 km2) |
Established | 1978 |
Governing body | Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District |
Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve is a regional park located in the
Description
The preserve consists of both dense forest and open meadows, and common activities in the preserve consist of
Flora
Fauna
Several
History
Russian Ridge is named after a Russian immigrant, Mr. Paskey, who leased a dairy farm here from the 1920s to 1950 from James "Sunny Jim" Rolph, Jr., then mayor of San Francisco and later California's 27th governor.
The district acquired the land starting in 1978 from later owners who had plans to develop it into subdivisions.[2]
Access
Parking for the preserve can be found in two parking lots — one lot as roadside parking on the northbound direction of Skyline Boulevard, the other, the Audrey C. Rust Commemorative Site, named after the former president of the Peninsula Open Space Trust, is located just off Alpine Road near the Alpine Road and Skyline Boulevard intersection.[3]
It can also be accessed through neighboring preserves, such as the Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve through the south-east end of the Ridge Trail (part of the Bay Area Ridge Trail system), as well as the Coal Creek Open Space Preserve, by crossing Skyline Boulevard from Coal Creek's Clouds Rest Trail to Russian Ridge's Ridge Trail.
External links
References
- ^ Openspace.org - Your Preserves - Russian Ridge
- ^ "Russian Ridge History".
- ^ Stienstra, Tom (10 April 2016). "Sunday Drive getaway: Mindego Hill". SFGate.