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Creekside Park. Cerrito Creek flows in an engineered Codornices Creek between 3rd and 6th streets to a 12. Berkeley Aquatic Park. Standing on the east shore Prieta Earthquake. A ground-level parkway now replaces 25. Dimond Canyon Trailhead. Park on the east side of the campus and, though pollution from old sulfur mine channel through this small park on Albany Hill's north side. meandering path. The restored channel provides improved of the lagoon, you are on one of the few stretches of original the freeway. the freeway for access to the trail up Palo Seco Creek, the tailings upstream may have reduced creek life, there are This channel replaced a meandering slough through a habitat for plants and animals, including pools, riffles, and Bay shore left in the area; behind you is the old wave-cut west side for the trail down Dimond Canyon, or better yet, many birds and beautiful glades to enjoy. marsh that originally extended from Yosemite Avenue to a shading canopy of willows. Natural flows are further cliff. The freeway is built on earth fill and forms the west 18. Glen Echo Park. This tiny, two-block park between use the walkway under the freeway for access to both the bay. The marsh was once a Miwok summering place. sculpting the bed and banks, making them more natural. shore of this artificial lagoon. Tidal flow comes in and out Monte Vista and Montell Streets is a shady place for a stroll trails! These trails follow two of the most significant sections 31. Leona Quarry. Located in the headwaters of Chimes CREEK & WATERSHED MAP Today, water birds such as egrets and herons are frequent Look for gravel and sand deposited on the inside of the through the culvert under the freeway. Some flows from along Glen Echo Creek. of natural creek remaining in the Oakland area. Enjoy! Creek, this old quarry site has recently been converted to visitors. bends as point bars, and deeper pools on the outside of the Potter/Derby stormdrain network also flow into the housing. Rainwater runs off the terraced slope via a complex the bends. Riffles are the shallows between pools. lagoon. 19. Oak Glen Park. Glen Echo Creek is the main attraction 26. Joaquin Miller Park. Palo Seco Creek runs through network of concrete V-ditches and pipes. The network of 2. John Hinkel Park. Blackberry Creek flows through this in this lovely strip park along Richmond Boulevard. the canyon west of the park headquarters. The canyon converges at a long detention basin beside the freeway, wooded park, but at a reduced flow because its headwaters 7. Albany Waterfront Park. Park your car at the trailhead, 13. Temescal Creek Park. Near the Department of Motor was part of San Antonio Forest, a stand of huge redwoods where the water passes through a filter to remove sediment are diverted into the Spruce Street storm drain, which drains then walk back toward the freeway and the bird-rich Albany Vehicles on Claremont Avenue, the creek bed you see is 20. Lake Merritt, Lakeside Park. Lake Merritt is a tidal stretching from Dimond Canyon over the hills to Moraga, before flowing under the freeway in a pipe, flowing eventually Oakland and Berkeley to Marin Creek. Downstream at Capistrano Avenue, mudflats. Codornices Creek flows through a salt marsh on not really Temescal Creek. Most of the water of Temescal estuary, a mixing zone for saltwater and freshwater. It which was completely logged in the 1850s. Today's into Chimes Creek. In addition to slowing the release of Blackberry Creek is again diverted into Marin Creek, never your right, then under the road into the mudflats. The Marin Creek runs in a large culvert beneath you. The water you originally connected to San Francisco Bay via San Antonio redwoods are the oldest second growth redwoods anywhere. heavy winter rains, the detention basin provides a small By Janet M. Sowers, William Lettis & Associates, Inc. to reach its original destination, Middle Creek. Creek storm drain enters the mudflats from under the see is pumped into this artificial creek bed during the Creek, a quarter-mile wide waterway. Now it connects to Look for "fairy rings" of redwood trees outlining the wetland habitat for plants and animals throughout the year. Christopher M. Richard, Oakland Museum of California freeway. Viewing platforms and informational signs help summer months to create a park amenity. The system was the Oakland Inner Harbor via a narrow channel and tide circumference of some of their giant ancestors.