From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oakland Hills, Oakland, California
Oakland Hills, Oakland, California
Coordinates: 37°50′18.22″N 122°12′1.95″W / 37.8383944°N ment of the hills and the central section of the Hayward
122.2005417°W / 37.8383944; -122.2005417 Fault Zone. The area includes all of Oakland lying east
of State Route 13 and east of I-580 south of its junction
with Route 13. The area includes Upper Rockridge, Oak-
more, Montclair and Mountain View Cemetery. The Oak-
land Hills area touches the eastern border of Piedmont,
California and includes a section of Claremont; the north-
ern part of Claremont lies within the city of Berkeley. The
Oakland Hills neighborhood area includes the northern
section of Lake Chabot Regional Park and borders Robert
Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve, Huckleberry Botanic
Regional Preserve, Redwood Regional Park and Anthony
Chabot Regional Park; all part of the East Bay Regional
Park District.
The Oakland Hills (in gold) lie between Oakland’s flatlands and Neighborhoods
East Bay Regional Park District
Oakland Hills is an informal term used to indicate the
city neighborhoods lying within the eastern portion of
Oakland, California.[1]
Geography
The geologic feature
"Oakland Hills" is most commonly an informal name for
that section of the Berkeley Hills range which extends
along the eastern side of Oakland, California. In recent
decades, it has become the more common popular term
although it remains "officially" incorrect among geog- Oakland Hills view as seen from Chabot Space and Science Cen-
raphers and gazetteers. Before the establishment of the ter
University of California in Berkeley, the range was called
the Contra Costa Hills. Northeast Hills
To add confusion, the common usage often also in- [2]
cludes another officially unnamed ridge which runs in
• Claremont (southern portion)
front (west) of the Berkeley/"Oakland" Hills, as well as
• Forestland
the linear valley enclosed between the two ridges in the
• Glen Highlands
Montclair District along State Route 13. This other ridge,
• Hiller Highlands
a shutter ridge created by the Hayward Fault, lends its in-
• Joaquin Miller Park
formal name, "Rockridge", only to the district of Oakland
• Lake Temescal
at its northwest end, although it extends southeast to the
• Merriwood
junction of Highway 13 and I-580 in East Oakland and in-
• Montclair
cludes most of the small residential community of Pied-
• Montclair Business District
mont, California.
• Mountain View Cemetery
• Oakmore
Oakland Hills Neighborhoods • Panoramic Hill
The Oakland Hills neighborhoods comprise the highest • Piedmont Pines
elevations within the city’s land area, following the align-
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oakland Hills, Oakland, California
• Shepherd Canyon
• Upper Rockridge
Southeast Hills
[3]
• Chabot Park
• Crestmont
• Sequoyah Heights
• Sheffield
• Skyline-Hillcrest Estates
• Caballo Hills
• Leona Heights
• Chabot Park
• Woodminster
Oakland’s Mormon Temple sits prominently astride the Hay-
ward Fault
Sociological composition
The Oakland Hills have historically less violent crime[2], References
higher household incomes, lower unemployment rates,
higher home values, older population and fewer Black [1] Oakland City website. Wildfire Prevention District.
and Hispanic residents than the flatlands of Oakland. Working together to assist home and property owners
prevent urban wildfires in our Oakland Hills
[2] ^ Urban Strategies murder reports 2004-2005 JPG
Culture image
Several popular cultural sites and events are located in [3] "Neighborhood Search Map". Oakland Museum of
the Oakland hills: California. Archived from the original on
• Chabot Space and Science Center 2009-04-30. http://web.archive.org/web/
• Woodminster Summer Musicals 20090430211848/http://collections.museumca.org/
• Montclair Jazz & Wine Festival search_map.jsp. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
• Joseph Knowland State Arboretum and Park
• Oakland Zoo
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