Interesting Chabot Park Highlands Community Photos
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Knowland Park became a State Park on April 30th 1948. In 1975 Knowland State Park was conveyed to the City of Oakland.
View of the San Francisco Bay from Turner Ct. San Francisco Bayis a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada Mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean.
Founded in 1883 The Chabot Space & Science Center just down the road above Joaquin Miller Park on Skyline Boulevard in the Redwood Regional Park. See our "links to local interests" page for their website.
Right in our backyards. Anthony Chabot Regional Park Map including Leona Canyon Park & Redwood Regional Park. Click image to open the full page map in a new browser window.
The Oakland Zoo is located just off 580 Freeway and 98th Avenue.
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OPEN 7 days a week 10am-4pm
Phone: 510-632-9525
Garter Snake May 2002 on Lochard Street. From Wikipedia: The Garter snake is a Colubridsnakegenus (Thamnophis) common across North America, ranging from Alaska and Canada to Central America. It is the single most widely distributed genus of reptile in North America
February 2011 Local Deer on Lochard Street with Blue Jay on its back.
From Wikipedia: California Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus californicus, is a subspecies of Mule Deer whose range covers much of the state of California
Coyote on Lochard Street heading towards the creek which borders the bottom of Kerrigan Drive. CLICK THE PHOTO TO HEAR A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT COYOTES. From Wikipedia: When a coyote calls his pack together, he howls at one high note. When the pack is together, he howls higher and higher, and then they yip and yelp and also do a yi-yi sound with the howl.
Coyote on Lochard Street 7-30-2011
Coyote on Lochard Street 7-30-2011
Pocket Gopher on Lochard Street July 2011. From Wikipedia: (family Geomyidae) Gophers weigh about a quarter of a pound, with the head and body about 15 in long, a tail of 7 in and have a 2-3 year lifespan.There are over 100 kinds of gophers in America.
Knowland Park became a State Park on April 30th 1948. In 1975 Knowland State Park was conveyed to the City of Oakland.
View of the San Francisco Bay from Turner Ct. San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary
Founded in 1883 The Chabot Space & Science Center just down the road above Joaquin Miller Park on Skyline Boulevard in the Redwood Regional Park. See our "links to local interests" page for their website.
Garter Snake May 2002 on Lochard Street.
February 2011 Local Deer on Lochard Street with Blue Jay on its back.
Coyote on Lochard Street 7-30-2011
Coyote on Lochard Street 7-30-2011
Pocket Gopher on Lochard Street July 2011. From Wikipedia: (family Geomyidae) Gophers weigh about a quarter of a pound, with the head and body about 15 in long, a tail of 7 in and have a 2-3 year lifespan.There are over 100 kinds of gophers in America.