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Claremont Canyon Claremont Canyon voir ORINDA San Pablo Reser AD RO 24 PABLO DAM SAN FISH T Botanic RANCH EHURS Claremont and Blind (which became the University of California’s Huckleberry PIN D Garden ROAD Sibley Year opened: 1985 Acres: 208 ROA Volcanic Botanic Reg. Preserve ark Clark Kerr Campus). In the following few decades R. BL. Preserve Redwood K D AR . P Highlights: Hiking, horseback riding, connections Tilden Regional PaSrk. S D Regional P K Roberts . Y R the Park District acquired land eastward from many N L I D CY NE Regional T PEAK BL. CA R D N with UC Berkeley trails, good views west to S.F. IL Claremont E Rec. Area W H O Canyon individual landowners, the legacy of land subdivision Y P . Y Canyon Reg. RT N E I GRIZZL N H U R AV Preserve A S E Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge. BA C Q L “paper lots” sold door-to-door or by mail in the 1910s SPRUCE A IL BERKELEY JO M Did you know? Claremont Canyon was known for a 13 CLAREMONT V. L MARIN MARIN Regional Preserve I and 20s. In 1982 the Park District purchased a 64-acre O Temescal A XFORD N SHA P TELEGRAPH Reg.Rec. Area ARK C time as Telegraph Canyon because in 1858 it became AV TTUCK O . Y parcel covering most of Gwin Canyon, which com- L A GA . AV N W A the route for the first transcontinental telegraph. D V . OAKLAND . BL. pleted the preserve. A Berkeley, Oakland AV TER. MORA . AV O AV . R GR SOLANO BART AV B A . N FRUITV 123 BRO D THE CANYON TODAY This preserve is known A AD V HISTORY Today’s Claremont Canyon is located . ALE primarily for its picturesque hiking trails. The Stone- SAN ASHBY P WA AV UNIVERSITY within the homeland of the Huchiun, an Ohlone- . wall-Panoramic Trail is the primary access through the 13 ABLO Y 580 ST. speaking tribe whose members managed the landscape AV. Lake preserve. The 0.75-mile climb from Stonewall Road to Merritt E. 14TH in a way that increased the numbers and health of its Eastshore State Park . the ridgetop is steep, but hikers are rewarded with a AV plants and animals, and whose lands included the bay- 980 panoramic view of Oakland, Berkeley, San Francisco A shore outlet of Temescal Creek. Through Claremont GRAND North 61 ALAMED Bay, and the Golden Gate Bridge. The trail continues 880 WEBSTER Canyon, the Huchiun could travel east to the home- 80 ENCINAL. east along the ridge, straddling the boundary with Uni- . AV AV 01 2 Mi. CENTRAL McKAY Crown land of the Saclan, a Bay Miwok-speaking tribe. AV. versity of California property and connecting with the Beach & Although today’s Claremont Canyon was a part of University’s Ecological Study Area trail system. Crab Cove the Rancho San Antonio Spanish land grant of 1820, Gwin Canyon Trail is a scenic, single-track trail the first recorded modern development in the canyon To Reach Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve: located south of Claremont Avenue. It descends from To reach the Stonewall-Panoramic trailhead from High- was by American settlers as an important communica- the north end of Norfolk Road and ends 0.7 miles from way 24, exit Fish Ranch Road immediately east of the tion and transportation route, along the well-worn the trailhead, just above Claremont Creek. In Gwin Caldecott Tunnel. Go up Fish Ranch Road about one mile trails of the Huchiun. In 1858 a transcontinental Canyon an array of native vegetation provides excellent to the four-way stop. Continue through the stop; Fish telegraph line was strung through Claremont Canyon, habitat for wildlife. Ranch becomes Claremont Ave. Continue for about 3 and the canyon became the main “highway” for horse The preserve is part of an ecological corridor on an miles. Make a right onto Stonewall Road and continue for and wagon traffic between Oakland and Contra Costa urban fringe. In addition to the Park District landhold- approximately .25 miles to the trailhead. From Highway County. In the early 1860s, Pony Express riders car- ings, other undeveloped portions in the upper canyon 13: Turn east onto Claremont Ave. and continue about ried mail along this route. Travel through the canyon are managed by the University of California and the .25 miles. Turn left onto Stonewall Road. The main declined after 1903 with the opening of the Kennedy East Bay Municipal Utility District. The City of Oak- entrance to the preserve is on Stonewall Road, which is Tunnel, which preceded today’s Caldecott Tunnel. land owns Garber Park, a 13-acre oak/bay woodland one block north of the Claremont Hotel. Street parking In the early 20th century, Claremont Canyon was south of Claremont Avenue. is limited. Alternative park access is from the top of Pan- used for cattle grazing, dairying, minor quarrying, the The Claremont Canyon watershed is a mosaic of oramic Way, but no street parking is allowed. AC Transit development of springs, and for eucalyptus plantations. vegetation types – grasslands, coastal scrub, oak/bay route #49, serving Berkeley, Ashby, and Rockridge BART Despite the changes of history, for today’s Ohlones woodland, and eucalyptus plantations – that supports stations, stops at Ashby Ave. and Claremont Ave. about .3 and Bay Miwoks and others, the region’s hills and val- a variety of animal and plant species. Commonly seen miles from the trailhead. To reach the Gwin Canyon trail- leys continue to link the past with the present. residents include black-tailed deer, coyote, gray fox, head: From Highway 24, exit Fish Ranch Road immediately Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve was con- red-tailed hawk, and western terrestrial garter snake. east of the Caldecott Tunnel. Go up Fish Ranch Road ceived in the 1970s through community activism that A 1.5-mile section of Claremont Creek, also about one mile to the four-way stop. Turn left onto Griz- urged for the preservation of the Claremont Canyon known as Harwood Creek, flows through the center zly Peak toward Sibley Preserve. At .8 miles, turn right watershed. In 1970 the Park District leased, and later of the canyon. It is one of the three main tributaries onto Marlborough Terrace, then right onto Norfolk Road, acquired, 80 acres of surplus state property in the hills of Temescal Creek, which eventually drains into San veering right to its end. Street parking is very limited. immediately east of the California School for the Deaf Francisco Bay in Emeryville. Wildfires have been a concern for residents near POLICE, FIRE, MEDICAL EMERGENCY ...............9-1-1 Claremont Canyon. In the last century, four major East Bay Regional Park District EBRPD HEADQUARTERS ......................1-888-327-2757 wildfires have spread through the canyon, including the 2950 Peralta Oaks Court, PARK OFFICE ................1-888-327-2757, option 3, ext. 4516 1991 Oakland Hills Fire. Efforts currently underway to P.O. Box 5381 WEB SITE ............................................ www.ebparks.org Oakland, CA 94605-0381 TRS RELAY FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED .......... 711 provide protection from wildfire include creating road- 1-888-327-2757 (1-888-EBPARKS) side fuel breaks and reducing non-native vegetation. www.ebparks.org Rev. 3/16 Townsend’s warbler. Photo by Jerry Ting. Red-shouldered hawk. Photo by Jerry Ting..
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