The Big "C"

The Big "C" is a large concrete letter "C" built into Charter Hill in the Berkeley Hills overlooking the University of California, Berkeley. It was constructed on March 23, 1905, and is considered a campus landmark.

Photo: Gomfbears, Public domain.

Type: Work of art
Description: giant concrete block ‘C’ in the Berkeley Hills of California, United States
Also known as: “The Big ‘C’” and “The Big C”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: California Memorial Stadium and Tightwad Hill.

California Memorial Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Quintinsoloviev, CC BY 4.0.

California Memorial Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium located on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. It is the home field for the California Golden Bears of the Atlantic Coast Conference. California Memorial Stadium is situated 1,300 feet south of The Big "C".

Tightwad Hill

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tightwad Hill is the popular name for Charter Hill, the hill rising to the east of California Memorial Stadium at the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California, U.S. Tightwad Hill is situated 800 feet southwest of The Big "C".

Haas School of Business

College

Photo: Minesweeper, Public domain.

The Haas School of Business is the business school of the University of California, Berkeley, a public research university in Berkeley, California. It was the first business school at a public university in the United States. Haas School of Business is situated 1,600 feet southwest of The Big "C".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Panoramic Hill and Northside.

Panoramic Hill

Neighborhood

Panoramic Hill is a residential neighborhood of the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, California defined by the homes along and within the access corridor defined by Panoramic Way.

Northside

Neighborhood

Photo: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Northside is a principally residential neighborhood in Berkeley, California, located north of the University of California, Berkeley campus, east of Oxford Street, and south of Cedar Street.

Southside

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Southside, also known by the older names South of Campus or South Campus, is a neighborhood in Berkeley, California. Southside is located directly south of and adjacent to the University of California, Berkeley campus.

The Big "C"

Categories: hillside letter, geoglyph, and tourism
Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.87458° or 37° 52′ 29″ north

Longitude

-122.24962° or 122° 14′ 59″ west

Open location code

849VVQF2+R5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2582763312

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=geoglyph

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

Wikidata ID

Q7717476

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