Tassajara Ridge Staging Area

I came from Bollinger and had a hard time finding this place because the Unilocal map marker shows the wrong location. The address is 12 295 Windemere Pkwy. It’s actually located east of Six Pillars Park and Winside Lane (just outside of the housing development) Coming from Camino Tassajara it’s easy to find. (.9 mile, right side)
My pooch and I checked out this dog park one day after a hard rain and I was pleased that it had good drainage-​no mud or puddles to be found. Yay!
Overall the dog exercise area is modest in size compared to Bark & Ride dog park; especially the small dog area. Bummer that the big dog area is rather close to the busy road.
On the plus side, there are bathrooms conveniently located right near the dog park entrance and water fountains for you and your furry friend.

I usually ride Windemere to the staging area and take the entire trail down past the high school. It makes for a nice local 10 mile round trip ride with some really sweet views of Mt. Diablo, Livermore, & the San Ramon area. There’s some decent downhill descents but if you’re an avid mountainbiker, beware the wet season (yeah, whats that? especially around here) since the water turns the trail to very heavy and sticky clay which quickly builds op on tires.
There are plenty of «branches» — other trails that dive into the nearby neighborhoods which makes this a great progressive trail for someone that wants to work their way up.
There’s also an amazing climb about midway through to keep the ol’ ticker happy as well.
Try it out and take some photos along the way!

I live in Windemere (housing development in San Ramon with tons of houses) and bike, hike and run through the surrounding hills on a daily basis. The Tassajara Ridge Staging Area is part of my 15 – 20 mile mountain biking loop regimen (I run there occasionally too.) It is an amazing open space — miles of cow pasture open space with a continuous five mile fire road/​trail up and down the hills. There are lots of cows, coyotes, deer, birds of prey and even a badger sighting! Oh, and I can’t forget the burrowing owls — super cool! There is a really nice dog park at the Tassajara Ridge parking area — my dogs love to run around and meet up with much larger dogs there. What a cool place to have in my neighborhood — FIVE STARS!