Joaquin Miller Park
Joaquin Miller Park | |
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Location | Oakland, California |
Coordinates | 37°48′40.21″N 122°11′21.64″W / 37.8111694°N 122.1893444°W |
Joaquin Miller Park is a large open space park in the Oakland Hills owned and operated by the city of Oakland, California. It is named after early California writer and poet Joaquin Miller, who bought the land in the 1880s, naming it "The Hights" [sic], and lived in the house preserved as the Joaquin Miller House.
Park
In addition to building his home here and planting hundreds of trees, Joaquin Miller placed monuments to his various heroes on the property, including Moses, John C. Frémont, and Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.[1] The monuments remain to this day.
The park's 500 acres (2.0 km2) are heavily wooded with
Flora in the park include pinkflower currant, evergreen huckleberry, creambush, and gooseberry.[1] There are several picnic areas as well as walking trails in the park, including Sinawik Trail, Sunset Loop, Palos Colorados Trail, Chaparral Trail, and Cinderella Trail.[1]
Amphitheater
Joaquin Miller Park contains the 2,000-seat Woodminster Amphitheater and Cascade, an outdoor
The Cascade is the amphitheater's waterfall feature built in 1941 and dedicated to California writers, still with flowing water. It was designed by Howard Gilkey, who also designed the Cleveland Cascade at Lake Merritt (now dry).[3]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-89997-291-6
- ^ "Woodminster Summer Musicals". Archived from the original on 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ^ "Howard Gilkey, designer of the Cleveland Cascade". Friends of the Cleveland Cascade.
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