Oakland Hills, Oakland, California
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The Oakland Hills (in dark blue) lie between Oakland's flatlands and East Bay Regional Park District
Oakland Hills is an informal term used to indicate the city neighborhoods lying within the eastern portion of Oakland, California.[citation needed]
GeographyThe geologic feature"Oakland Hills" is most commonly an informal name for that section of the Berkeley Hills range which extends along the eastern side of Oakland, California. In recent decades, it has become the more common popular term although it remains "officially" incorrect among geographers and gazetteers. Before the establishment of the University of California in Berkeley, the range was called the Contra Costa Hills. To add confusion, the common usage often also includes another officially unnamed ridge which runs in front (west) of the Berkeley/"Oakland" Hills, as well as the linear valley enclosed between the two ridges in the Montclair District along State Highway 13. This other ridge, a shutter ridge created by the Hayward Fault, lends its informal name, "Rockridge", only to the district of Oakland at its northwest end, although it extends southeast to the junction of Highway 13 and I-580 in East Oakland and includes most of the small city of Piedmont, California. Oakland Hills NeighborhoodsThe Oakland Hills neighborhoods comprise the highest elevations within the city's land area, following the alignment of the hills and the central section of the Hayward Fault Zone. The area includes all of Oakland lying east of California State Route 13 and east of I-580 south of its junction with Route 13. The area includes Upper Rockridge, Oakmore, Montclair and Mountain View Cemetery. The Oakland Hills area touches the eastern border of Piedmont, California and includes a section of Claremont; the northern part of Claremont lies within the city of Berkeley. The Oakland Hills neighborhood area includes the northern section of Lake Chabot Regional Park and borders Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve, Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve, Redwood Regional Park and Anthony Chabot Regional Park; all part of the East Bay Regional Park District. NeighborhoodsImage:View of Oakland Hills from Chabot Space & Science Center.jpg
Oakland Hills view as seen from Chabot Space and Science Center
Northeast Hills
Southeast Hills
Sociological compositionThe Oakland Hills have historically less violent crime[3], higher household incomes, lower unemployment rates, higher home values, older population and fewer Hispanic residents than the flatlands of Oakland. See Maps of Oakland, California. CultureImage:Mormon Temple, Oakland.jpg
Oakland's Mormon Temple sits prominently astride the Hayward Fault
Several popular cultural sites and events are located in the Oakland hills:
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