page_title: Round Valley Regional Preserve
section_title: Wildlife
hierarchical_section_title: Round Valley Regional Preserve / Wildlife
caption_attribution_description: English: black and white photo taken in Round Valley Regional Park, Contra Costa County, California, United States of America.
context_page_description: Round Valley Regional Preserve is a regional park just outside Antioch, CA and Brentwood, CA that is part of the East Bay Regional Parks system. It is on Marsh Creek Road, approximately 5.2 miles west of the intersection with Vasco Road. The park was begun in 1988, when Jim Murphy sold 700 acres of land to EBRPD. The land originally belonged to Mr. Davis' grandfather Thomas Murphy, an Irish immigrant, who had purchased the land in 1878 for a farming and ranching operation. The preserve has since expanded to encompass 1,911 acres.
  The Round Valley parking area is one of the two staging areas and points of departure for tour buses that carry passengers into Vasco Caves Regional Preserve. Morgan Territory Regional Preserve adjoins Round Valley Regional Preserve on the Southwest. The park is near the edge of the Diablo range, and its wooded hills are a sharp contrast with the almost treeless flat land of the Central Valley, which begins a few miles farther east.
context_section_description: The preserve is habitat for a variety of species. Mammals include the California ground squirrel, San Joaquin pocket mouse, Audubon's or desert cottontails, and the endangered San Joaquin kit fox. Round Valley is one of the northern extremes of the kit fox range in California. Birds include golden eagles and the burrowing owl, both of which are a state "Species of Special Concern." 
  Due to the sensitivity of the wildlife habit at Round Valley, dogs are not permitted in the preserve. Signs are posted.
caption: Round Valley Regional Park View March 6, 2009
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