Which parks within the Bay Area are closed due to heat?

With extreme heat within the Bay Area this week, some parks are closed because of high fire risk.

The National Weather Service has issued a heat warning for the Bay Area starting Tuesday; the very best temperatures are expected within the hills and inland.

In an emailed statement, the East Bay Regional Parks District really useful avoiding parks throughout the hottest a part of the day, wearing light clothing, drinking loads of water and applying sunscreen. They also advised avoiding alcohol and caffeine, which worsen the consequences of warmth on the body, and remembering to bring water for pets.

In the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space, some mountaineering trails and parts of the parks closed on Tuesday because of a red flag warning issued by the NWS for the Santa Cruz Mountains indicating extreme fire behavior. Stoves aren’t allowed at Black Mountain Backpack Camp within the Monte Bello Open Space Preserve.

To prevent fires, Midpeninsula officials urged park visitors to not drive off roads, use lawn mowers or other power tools, and never to light open fires, including at fire pits and on grills.

The city of Concord has, based on a City alarmThere are currently no parks closed in Santa Clara County.

In the East Bay, the next regional parks are closed Tuesday through Friday morning:

• Wildcat Canyon

• Tilden (mountaineering trails only)

• Blueberry

• Sibley

• Leona Canyon

• Claremont Canyon

• Anthony Chabot

• Excess burr

• Sunol

• Ohlone

• Mission Peak

• Vargas Plateau

• Five Canyons

• Garin/Dry Creek

• Pleasanton Ridge

• Dublin Hills

• Sycamore Valley

• Bishop Ranch

• The traps

• Briones

• Carquinez/Crockett Hills

• Black diamond mines

• Against Loma

• Deer Valley

• Round Valley

• Morgan area

• Brushy Peak

• Vasco Hill

• Vasco Caves

• Water bird

In Contra Costa County, the next parks are closed Tuesday through Wednesday evening:

• Lime Ridge open space

• Open space trails in Newhall Community Park

On the peninsula, the next parks are closed on Tuesday because of wildfire warnings:

• Grasshopper Loop, Harrington Creek and Folger Ranch Loop trails within the lower La Honda Creek Preserve

• Mindego Hill area within the Russian Ridge Preserve

• Wilbur's Watch Trail within the Cloverdale Range Preserve