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Odiorne Point State Park is a public recreation area located on the Atlantic seacoast in the town of Rye near Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the United States. Among the park's features are the Seacoast Science Center and the remains of the World War II Fort Dearborn .
Opened August 19, 2000, the Chabot Space & Science Center is an 86,000-square-foot (8,000 m 2), state-of-the-art science and technology education facility on a 13-acre (53,000 m 2) site in the hills of Oakland, California, adjoining the western boundary of Redwood Regional Park.
Point Oakland Fire House: 1681 8th Street May 27, 1980 37 Dunsmuir House and Carriage House: The Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic Estate. 2960 Peralta Oaks Court May 27, 1980 38 Leona Park: Old Survivor Redwood Tree 39 Lake Merritt: Lake Merritt: July 8, 1980 40 Leimert Bridge: Leimert Blvd. between Park Blvd. & Clemens Road Sept. 30, 1980 41
Temescal Regional Recreation Area (TRRA), formerly Lake Temescal Regional Park, is a regional park in the Berkeley Hills, in northeastern Oakland, California.The TRRA encompasses 48 acres (19 ha), abutting SR 24, SR13, and the interchange connecting the two highways, southwest of the Caldecott Tunnel.The park is part of the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD).
The park's namesake and principal founder was Joseph Knowland, who served on the California State Park Commission from 1934 to 1960 and was its chairman from 1938. Under his influence, the State of California purchased 453 acres (1.83 km 2) for $660,000 on a matching grant basis. On April 30 1948, the property became a State Park.
Aerial view of Lake Merritt and downtown Oakland, with the San Francisco Bay, and the beginning of Bay Bridge in the upper left background An outdoor milonga (tango dance party) at the restored gazebo near Children's Fairyland in Lakeside Park. Measure DD, a $198 million Oakland City park bond measure, passed with 80% voter approval in 2002.
Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve is located in the Oakland Hills of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. [1] The park is part of the East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD), covers 928 acres (3.76 km 2), and lies east of Oakland, partly in Alameda County and partly in Contra Costa County.
The park's 500 acres (2.0 km 2) are heavily wooded with coast redwoods, coast live oaks, and pines. Many of the trees were originally planted by Miller himself. The Oakland Hills location provides panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay area. The park features include miles of hiking, biking, and horseback riding trails, an off-leash dog area ...