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Garber Park is a 13-acre City of Oakland woodland park located behind the Claremont Hotel and near the Berkeley Oakland border. The mile long Loop Trail passes through a forest of oaks, bay laurel, big leaf maples and California Buckeyes, and through the 1920s era stone Fireplace Plaza.  Essentially all of the maintenance of the park is performed by the Garber Park Stewards, rather than by the City.

Location and Features

The park is located between Alvarado Road & Claremont Avenue. The park's trails can be accessed from Evergreen Lane, Alvarado Road, Rispin Drive, and Claremont Avenue.

Alvarado Road entrance
(Courtesy of NAParish; CC BY-SA 2.0)Evergreen Lane entrance
(Courtesy of NAParish; CC BY-SA 2.0)Rispin Drive entrance
(Courtesy of NAParish; CC BY-SA 2.0)Overgrown trail
(Courtesy of NAParish; CC BY-SA 2.0)Trail under the trees
(Courtesy of NAParish; CC BY-SA 2.0)Unidentified park structure remnants - 1920s?
(Courtesy of NAParish; CC BY-SA 2.0)Trail and rustic bridge
(Courtesy of NAParish; CC BY-SA 2.0)Creek adjacent to trail
(Courtesy of NAParish; CC BY-SA 2.0)Trail on hillside above Claremont Ave.
(Courtesy of NAParish; CC BY-SA 2.0)1920s Fireplace Plaza
(Courtesy of NAParish; CC BY-SA 2.0)Steps on trail next to Fireplace Plaza
(Courtesy of NAParish; CC BY-SA 2.0)

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