#17—Acacia Walk

Walk #17—Acacia Walk

Sunday, 9 September 2012

It was a 72F and sunny at the start of the walk. That’s right, it wasn’t 63F.

Here is a map of the walk (blue color). The blue pin is the start of the walk. There is a lot of back tracking on this walk; blowing up the map could make the route easier to follow.

There was a bright view of the Bay at the start of the walk. A ship is departing through the Golden Gate.

This is the bottom of Acacia Walk. 

At the top is one of the stone columns found in this part of Berkeley.

Farther up Cragmont Avenue is the bottom of North Path.

At the corner of Grizzly Peak Boulevard and Euclid Avenue is a house with a nice chimney.

Not far up Grizzly Peak, we made a left turn onto Creston Road.

At this spot is a brick house with a ripple pattern.

More art.

More yard art.

We are now at the entrance to Vistamont Trail.

Here is the map again.

This is the “broken–concrete walkway” at the end of Vistamont Trail (pp112–113).

This is the “hard hairpin right turn where Vistamont meets Woodmont once more (page 113).” The swing is around the tree and then to the right.

Author Fleming mentions 666 Woodmont as a mid–century modern (page 113). The house is also in the 41 Walks book, Tour No. 41. 

Well, it’s quite a bit different from houses on other walks in Berkeley!

The book also mentions a “mysterious tree house residence” at 640 Woodmont. But these tiles, don’t they look a lot like those of Walk #4? The “glazed Chinese tiles in a particular color of teal–green.” These are the first we’ve seen that are a different color.

We are at the teal green push pin on the map!

This home, with the circular opening in the roof, is not mentioned anywhere, but it is interesting.

We think (not sure) this is the (Creedence Clearwater Revival) house at 605 Woodmont. If it is, it was built in 1915 and has six bedrooms, six bathrooms.

We are approaching the intersection of Rosemont Avenue and Woodmont Avenue, and the Japanese style house. We’re at the yellow house pin on the map.

This is the 1959 “Japanese–themed” house at the intersection of Woodmont Avenue and Rosemont Avenue, mentioned on page 112. We are backtracking for the next four blocks.

We’ve worked our way through the back track and are standing at the top of Acacia Steps. Steps they are.

Acacia Steps come down at the Dorothy M. Bolte Park, a short distance from the start of the walk.

This is an easy walk with some great views and some interesting houses.

The book reports 208 steps and 1.8 miles. The step count is right, and the distance is 1.6 miles. (distance calculated by Google maps). 

Next—Remillard Park, after returning from vacation.