Oakland Hills, Oakland, California

Coordinates: 37°50′18.22″N 122°12′1.95″W / 37.8383944°N 122.2005417°W / 37.8383944; -122.2005417
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37°50′18.22″N 122°12′1.95″W / 37.8383944°N 122.2005417°W / 37.8383944; -122.2005417

The Oakland Hills (in gold) lie between Oakland's flatlands and 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] The northernmost neighborhoods were devastated by the Oakland firestorm of 1991.

Geography

The geologic feature

"Oakland Hills" is most commonly an informal name for that section of the Berkeley Hills range that 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 geographers and gazetteers. Before the establishment of the University of California in Berkeley, the range was called the Contra Costa Hills.

The common usage often includes another officially unnamed ridge which runs in front (west) of the Berkeley/"Oakland" Hills, as well as the linear valley enclosed between the two ridges in the

Hayward Fault, lends its informal name, "Rockridge", only to the district of Oakland at its northwest end, although it extends southeast to the junction of Highway 13 and I-580 in East Oakland and includes most of the small residential community of Piedmont, California
. Plant communities are diverse, ranging from oak-grassland savanna and chaparral on sunny exposed slopes, to woods of oak, madrone, bay laurel, pine and redwoods in shady canyons.

Oakland Hills neighborhoods

The Oakland Hills neighborhoods comprise the highest elevations within the city's land area, following the alignment of the hills and the central section of the

.

Neighborhoods

Oakland Hills view as seen from Chabot Space and Science Center

Northeast Hills

Southeast Hills

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Culture

Oakland Temple sits prominently astride the Hayward Fault

Several popular cultural sites and events are located in the Oakland hills:

References

  1. ^ Oakland City website. Wildfire Prevention District. Working together to assist home and property owners prevent urban wildfires in our Oakland Hills
  2. ^ "Neighborhood Search Map". Oakland Museum of California. Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2011-07-29.