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University of California Botanical Garden

University of California Botanical Garden

1km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

The UC Botanical Garden is a living museum open to the public featuring one of the most diverse plant collections in the United States.The garden was organized on a geographical basis in settings resembling native habitats. There are over 12,000 different kinds of plants from around the world displayed over 34 acres. The garden is also used as a wedding venue. It is one of the most diverse plant collections in the United States, and famous for its large number of rare and endangered species.

Lawrence Hall of Science

Lawrence Hall of Science

1.71km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

This is a public science center in Berkeley, California that offers hands-on science exhibits, designs curriculum, aids professional development, and offers after school science resources to students of all ages.

The Greek Theatre

The Greek Theatre

1.84km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

This is an 8,500-seat amphitheater owned and operated by the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California, USA. The Greek Theatre hosts The Berkeley Jazz Festival, pop, rock, and world music concerts, UC Berkeley graduation ceremonies, occasional addresses by noted speakers, and other events. Past speakers include President Theodore Roosevelt, William Randolph Hearst, and the Dalai Lama.

People's Park

People's Park

1.89km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

People's Park, located in Berkeley, California, is an iconic and historically significant public space that has played a central role in the city's cultural and political history. This vibrant park is not only a place of recreation but also a symbol of activism, community, and the enduring spirit of social movements.

Sather Tower

Sather Tower

2.05km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

Sather Tower is a bell tower with clocks on its four faces on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. It is a recognizable symbol of the university. Sather Tower also houses many of the Department of Integrative Biology's fossils

Lake Temescal

Lake Temescal

2.28km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

Lake Temescal is a man-made lake, originally almost a mile long and covering 18 acres, that was created by damming Temescal Creek in 1868.It is the centerpiece of Temescal Regional Recreation Area, also known as Temescal Regional Park.The lake currently supports an artificial recreational beach and is stocked periodically with rainbow trout, largemouth bass, redear sunfish, bluegill, and catfish. The park is open to all visitors from 5 am to 10 pm, and receives around 200,000 visitors a year.

Temescal Regional Recreation Area

Temescal Regional Recreation Area

2.36km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

Temescal Regional Recreation Area is a beautiful, large park in Oakland California that offers a variety of activities for people of all ages. The lake is the main attraction in the park, which also offers trails, picnic areas, forest habitats, and bird watching. The lake was originally constructed as a drinking water reservoir for the city of Oakland.

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

2.75km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

A majestic combined art museum, repertory movie theater, and archive associated with the University of California, Berkeley. The museum has featured works by Albert Bierstadt, Jonathan Borofsky, Joan Brown, Robert Colescott and so more. The museum also features the MATRIX Program for Contemporary Art.

The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

2.77km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life is a museum of Jewish history, art, and culture at the University of California, Berkeley. It houses more than 30,000 Jewish artifacts and manuscripts, which is the third largest collection of its kind in the United States.

Codornices Park

Codornices Park

3.12km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

A beautiful park, which offers a wide array of play opportunities are available in a beautiful hillside setting: baseball/softball fields, basketball court, tot play area, picnic/BBQ area , hiking trails through glade and groves of magnificent oaks, bay trees and redwood. it’s a beautiful setting, perfect for outdoor dinners and birthday barbecues.

Berkeley Rose Garden

Berkeley Rose Garden

3.18km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

Berkeley's Historic Rose Garden is a regional destination with its 1,500 rose bushes and 250 varieties of roses, along with breathtaking views. The Rose Garden is situated in a residential area of the Berkeley Hills between the Cragmont and La Loma Park neighborhoods, occupying most of the block between Eunice Street and Bayview Place along the west side of Euclid Avenue.

Tilden Regional Park

Tilden Regional Park

3.57km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

A majestic 2,079-acre regional park in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area in California. It was named in honor of Charles Lee Tilden, a Bay Area attorney and businessman who served on the first Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park District.Its steep valleys and dense stands of timber offer a rare wilderness experience so close to the city. Its high ridges and peaks give wide views over the San Francisco Bay and inland across other preserved land to Mount Diablo.

Piedmont Funeral Services and Mountain View Cemetery

Piedmont Funeral Services and Mountain View Cemetery

3.96km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

A rural cemetery in Oakland, Alameda County, California. It was established in 1863 by a group of East Bay pioneers under the California Rural Cemetery Act of 1859. Many of California's important historical figures, drawn by Olmsted's reputation, are buried here, and there are many grandiose crypts in tribute to the wealthy, especially along the ridge section with a view across the Bay to the San Francisco skyline, known as "Millionaires' Row".

Telegraph Avenue

Telegraph Avenue

4.09km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

A beautiful and busy street that begins, at its southernmost point, in the midst of the historic downtown district of Oakland, California, and ends, at its northernmost point, at the southern edge of the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley. This Avenue attracts a diverse audience of visitors, including college students, tourists, artists, street punks, eccentrics, and the homeless.

Indian Rock Park

Indian Rock Park

4.33km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

Indian Rock Park is a 1.18-acre public park at 950 Indian Rock Avenue in the city of Berkeley. The central feature of the park is a large rock outcropping on the west side of Indian Rock Ave. On the opposite side of the street the larger portion of the park has several much smaller rock outcroppings, grass fields, and a small barbecue and picnic area. The rock is composed of Northbrae rhyolite.

Morcom Rose Garden

Morcom Rose Garden

5.26km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

The Morcom Rose Garden is located in a residential neighborhood in Oakland. It has thousands of exotic roses and the Amphitheatre of Roses in the garden is an enchanting location for weddings, renewals, memorial celebrations and ceremonies. Visitors will see winding walkways, a reflecting pool, graceful stairways and fountain cascades.

Temple Sinai

Temple Sinai

6.06km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

Temple Sinai is a Reform synagogue located at 2808 Summit Street in Oakland, California. It is the oldest Jewish congregation in the East San Francisco Bay region.

The Cathedral of Christ the Light

The Cathedral of Christ the Light

6.7km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

The Cathedral of Christ the Light, also called Oakland Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland in Oakland, California. It is the seat of the Bishop of Oakland. Christ the Light, the first cathedral built entirely in the 21st century,

Children's Fairyland

Children's Fairyland

6.78km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

America's first storybook theme park, located on the shores of Lake Merritt in the heart of Oakland, California. it includes 10 acres of play sets, small rides, and animals. The park is also home to the Open Storybook Puppet Theater, the oldest continuously operating puppet theater in the United States.

Adventure Playground

Adventure Playground

6.96km from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

Adventure Playground is an urban park and adventure playground in Berkeley, California, located at the Berkeley Marina.The adventure playground model, sometimes referred to as a "junk playground," is to provide children with the resources to build. The available tools include saws, hammers, workbenches, and nails. The legal liability raised by giving children relatively unrestricted access to these tools has made adventure playgrounds rare in the United States.

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Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

Claremont Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705, USA

Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve is nestled in the Berkeley and Oakland hills behind the historic Claremont Hotel. There are a lot of scenic views in the area, but this one is especially good because it’s high, yet it’s also close to the urbanized flatlands of Berkeley and Oakland. The Preserve is relatively undeveloped and offers almost no amenities to visitors other than two hiking trails: Stonewall Panoramic Trail and Gwin Canyon Trail.