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Blair Park is a small park in the city of Piedmont, California located in the Oakland Hills near the head of Moraga Canyon. Originally developed as a 75 acre amusement park it was much larger than the 5.5 acres it currently occupies.〔(), Oakland Wiki, retrieved January 28, 2014〕 Blair Park is the only natural open space left in the city of Piedmont.〔(), Carolyn Jones, San Francisco Chronicle, retrieved March 18, 2014〕 == Geography == Blair Park is situated near the head of Moraga Canyon which runs east to west starting at Highway 13 and ending at Pleasant Valley Avenue in Oakland, California. The northern boundary of the current Blair park is Moraga Avenue which is a main thoroughfare running low along the south edge of the canyon. The southern boundary is the top of the steep canyon wall that rises from a level narrow strip up to a residential areas along Scenic Avenue and Alto Avenue in Piedmont. The level area between Moraga Avenue and the southern canyon wall is landfill and covers what is commonly referred to as Cemetery Creek which is a headwater to Echo Glenn Creek. The eastern and western boundaries are not well defined by any specific geological features. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blair Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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