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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.
At Highway 13, near the parking lot of the Montclair Golf Course, the north fork of Sausal Creek has its confluence with the south fork (also called Palo Seco Creek) running from the eastern hills (encompassing Joaquin Miller Park). The creek then runs down through Dimond Canyon and across the flatlands (mostly in culverts) to San Francisco Bay.
The following is a listing of the neighborhoods of Oakland, California, categorized into larger area designations of the city.. A broad geographical distinction in Oakland neighborhoods is between "the hills" and "the flatlands" (or "flats").
Joaquin Miller Park — 500 acres (2.0 km 2) — 3590 Sanborn Drive, Oakland, CA 94602; Joseph Knowland State Arboretum and Park 453 acres (1.83 km 2) — Golf Links Road, Oakland, CA 94605; Kennedy Tract Park — 0.09 acres (360 m 2) [2] — 26th Avenue & East 9th Street, Oakland, CA
The Joaquin Miller House, also known as The Abbey, is a historic house in Joaquin Miller Park, a public park in the Oakland Hills area of Oakland, California, United States. A crude, vaguely Gothic structure, it was the home of poet Joaquin Miller from 1886 until his death in 1913. Miller was one of the nation's first poets to write about the ...
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.
Joaquin Miller Park: January 7, 1975 5 Joaquin Miller Abbey: Joaquin Miller Park: January 7, 1975 6 J. Mora Moss House: Mosswood Park: January 7, 1975 7 Governor George C. Pardee House: 672 11th Street January 7, 1975 8 Alfred H. Cohen House: 1440 29th Avenue January 7, 1975 9 Paramount Theater: 2025 Broadway January 7, 1975 10 Antonio Maria ...
It is generally bounded by Highway 13 (the Warren Freeway) to the west, Shepherd Canyon Rd. to the north, Skyline Blvd. to the east, and Joaquin Miller Park to the south. Two Oakland public schools are included in the area, Montera Middle School and Joaquin Miller Elementary School. There is no business section in Piedmont Pines.