Temescal Regional Recreational Area
Temescal Regional Recreation Area, formerly Lake Temescal Regional Park, is a regional park in the Berkeley Hills, in northeastern Oakland, California.Photo: Lagringa, Public domain.
- Type: Park
- Description: California, U.S
- Also known as: “Temescal Regional Park” and “Temescal Regional Recreation Area”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Temescal and Mountain View Cemetery.
Lake Temescal
Reservoir
Photo: Lagringa, Public domain.
Lake Temescal is a small reservoir in the Oakland hills, in northeastern Oakland, California. It is the centerpiece of Temescal Regional Recreational Area, also known as Temescal Regional Park. It is a part of the East Bay Regional Park District.
Mountain View Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Hank Chapot, CC BY 3.0.
Mountain View Cemetery is a 226-acre rural cemetery in Oakland, California, United States. It was established in 1863 by a group of East Bay pioneers under the California Rural Cemetery Act of 1859.
The College Preparatory School
School
The College Preparatory School is a four-year private non-residential high school in Oakland, California. The school's motto is Mens Conscia Recti, a Latin phrase adapted from Virgil's Aeneid that means "a mind aware of what is right".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rockridge and Claremont.
Rockridge
Neighborhood
Photo: Miskatonic, CC BY 2.5.
Rockridge is a residential neighborhood and commercial district in Oakland, California. Rockridge is generally defined as the area east of Telegraph Avenue, south of the Berkeley city limits, west of the Oakland Hills and north of the intersection of Pleasant Valley Avenue/51st Street and Broadway.
Claremont
Neighborhood
The Claremont district is a neighborhood straddling the city limits of Oakland and Berkeley in the East Bay section of the San Francisco Bay Area in California, United States.
Piedmont
Town
Photo: Sam Pullara, CC BY 2.0.
Oakland is a port city in the Bay Area of California in the United States. Once an industrial area overshadowed by San Francisco, its larger neighbor to the west, this city of 440,000 people has begun to step out from under San Francisco's shadow with its notable natural and architectural features and its rise as the multicultural "hipster" city of the Bay Area.
Temescal Regional Recreational Area
- Categories: regional park and recreation area
- Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.84531° or 37° 50′ 43″ northLongitude
-122.22976° or 122° 13′ 47″ westElevation
509 feet (155 metres)Open location code
849VRQWC+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 22716950OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=recreation_groundOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
5364697Wikidata ID
Q7698102
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Satellite Map
Discover Temescal Regional Recreational Area from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Indonesian—“Temescal Regional Recreational Area” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lake Temescal Regional Park”
- Indonesian: “Kawasan Rekreasi Regional Temescal”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Upper Rockridge and Elmwood.
Notable Places Nearby
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