388 Adventures in Scenery 



The route described follows the waterway to Carquinez Strait. 

 An alternate route, slightly farther, is by the tunnel road to 

 Walnut Creek and the Stockton highway to Sacramento, or 

 turn off the highway east of Pinole (about 25 miles from San 

 Francisco) after crossing Pinole Creek, through Franklin 

 Canyon to Martinez, thence by ferry to Benicia. 



Oakland, 8 miles (El. 12 feet); Berkeley, 10 miles (El. 8 

 feet) ; Benicia, 33 miles (El. 6 feet) ; Suisun, 49 miles (El. 15 

 feet) ; Davis, 76 miles (El. 42 feet) ; Sacramento, 97 miles 

 (El. 30 feet). 



Shell Mound and California State 

 College 



Driving out of Oakland north Shell Mound Park is passed 

 on the left. The mound is composed of soil mixed with an 

 immense number of shells of clams, oysters, abalones, and other 

 shellfish left by a prehistoric people who evidently made this 

 an eating-place long before white men established sea-food 

 eating stations on the shores of San Francisco Bay. Many such 

 mounds have been located in the vicinity of the bay. 



Adjoining Oakland on the north is the city of Berkeley, 

 where is located the University of California, one of the largest 

 State Universities in America. The University and the city 

 are on high ground overlooking San Francisco Bay. The resi- 

 dence portion of the city is on the slope of the Berkeley Hills, 

 formerly known as the Contra Costa Hills, to the east. Beyond 

 Richmond and San Pablo rocks of the Franciscan group out- 

 crop. To the east (right) Grizzly Peak and Bald Peak rise to 

 1,759 and 1,930 feet, respectively. To the west of San Pablo 

 are hills of Franciscan sandstone, called Protrero San Pablo (San 

 Pablo pastures) by the early Mexicans whose horses were 

 pastured on these dry uplands before fences were thought of. 



Many Formations Exposed on Shore 



of Carquinez Strait 

 Approaching Vallejo Junction and Carquinez bridge, on 



