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Grizzly Peak is a summit in the Berkeley Hills
Berkeley Hills

The Berkeley Hills are a range of the Pacific Coast Ranges which overlook the northeast side of the valley in which San Francisco Bay is situated....
 above Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California

Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland, California and Emeryville, California....
. Its elevation is 1,754 feet (535 m) above mean sea level. The peak is located on the border between Alameda
Alameda County, California

Alameda County is a List of California counties in the U.S. state of California. It occupies most of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area....
 and Contra Costa
Contra Costa County, California

Contra Costa County is a primarily suburban list of California counties in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2006, the US Census Bureau estimated it had a population of 1,024,319....
 counties, within the boundaries of Tilden Regional Park
Tilden Regional Park

Tilden Regional Park is a 2,079-acre regional park in the East Bay , part of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is situated between the Berkeley Hills and San Pablo Ridge....
, and directly behind the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is a public university research university located in Berkeley, California, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines....
 campus.

The peak was named for the California grizzly bear
Grizzly Bear

The grizzly bear ', also known as the silvertip bear, is a subspecies of brown bear ' that lives in the uplands of western North America....
 which inhabited the area until the last one was killed in the 1860s.

Grizzly Peak became more accessible in 1932 when a new road was constructed along the ridgeline of the Berkeley Hills, Grizzly Peak Boulevard.






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Grizzly Peak is a summit in the Berkeley Hills
Berkeley Hills

The Berkeley Hills are a range of the Pacific Coast Ranges which overlook the northeast side of the valley in which San Francisco Bay is situated....
 above Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California

Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland, California and Emeryville, California....
. Its elevation is 1,754 feet (535 m) above mean sea level. The peak is located on the border between Alameda
Alameda County, California

Alameda County is a List of California counties in the U.S. state of California. It occupies most of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area....
 and Contra Costa
Contra Costa County, California

Contra Costa County is a primarily suburban list of California counties in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2006, the US Census Bureau estimated it had a population of 1,024,319....
 counties, within the boundaries of Tilden Regional Park
Tilden Regional Park

Tilden Regional Park is a 2,079-acre regional park in the East Bay , part of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is situated between the Berkeley Hills and San Pablo Ridge....
, and directly behind the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is a public university research university located in Berkeley, California, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines....
 campus.

The peak was named for the California grizzly bear
Grizzly Bear

The grizzly bear ', also known as the silvertip bear, is a subspecies of brown bear ' that lives in the uplands of western North America....
 which inhabited the area until the last one was killed in the 1860s.

Grizzly Peak became more accessible in 1932 when a new road was constructed along the ridgeline of the Berkeley Hills, Grizzly Peak Boulevard. The name was extended to the previously-constructed ridgeline stretch of Euclid Avenue to the north shortly thereafter. This portion was and remains a residential area of Berkeley while the original stretch is largely undeveloped. It connects with Skyline Boulevard in Oakland
Oakland, California

Oakland , founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Alameda County, California. Oakland is approximately 8 miles east of San Francisco and the cities are separated by San Francisco Bay....
 at the intersection of Claremont Avenue and Fish Ranch Road. This intersection was historically an important summit or pass over the Berkeley Hills before a tunnel which preceded today's Caldecott Tunnel
Caldecott Tunnel

The Caldecott Tunnel is a three bore highway tunnel in Oakland, California. The east-west tunnel is signed as a part of California State Route 24, and connects Oakland to communities in Contra Costa County, California, through the Berkeley Hills....
 was constructed through the Berkeley Hills. An inn and stage stop was located here.

See also

  • List of summits in the San Francisco Bay Area
    List of summits in the San Francisco Bay Area

    This is a list of named summits in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area that are more than above sea level. Note that there are no natural features above in San Francisco, California itself....