Guide to Oakland Hills

Things to Do in Oakland Hills

View Map

The “Oakland Hills” refers to a cluster of neighborhoods that lie between Oakland’s flatlands and the East Bay Regional Park District. These neighborhoods make up the highest elevations within the city.

At the foothills, students revel in the beautiful park-like campus of Mills College, an independent liberal arts and sciences university for women.

In the Grass Valley neighborhood, the Joseph Knowland State Arboretum and Park hosts the Oakland Zoo, home to over 660 native and exotic animals.

Every year the Woodminster Summer Musicals give visitors and locals their musical theater fix beneath the stars at the open-air amphitheater nestled in the beautiful 500-acre Joaquin Miller Park. In the summer, anglers take to the Temescal Regional Park where Lake Temescal supports a recreational beach stocked with rainbow trout, catfish, and largemouth bass.

Montclair Village, a wealthy neighborhood located along the western slope of the Oakland Hills, is composed of windy roads, heavily forested hills, and houses ranging from single-family cottages to mansions and gated estates. Its compact shopping district sits at the bottom of the valley right off of Highway 13.

[Photo Credit: Ingrid Taylar]


Find Hotels in Oakland

Book online and save up to 70%

Restaurant Reservations

Popular Things to Do in Oakland Hills

American Restaurants

Metro Montclair

2058 Mountain Blvd, Oakland, CA 94611

Beaches

Lake Temescal

6500 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94618

Parks & Open Spaces

Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve

Skyline Blvd Between Broadway Ter and Snake Rd, Oakland, CA 94620

Mexican Restaurants

Taqueria Las Comadres

2069 Mountain Blvd, Oakland, CA 94611

Movies

Chabot Space & Science Center Tien MegaDome

10000 Skyline Blvd., Oakland, CA 94619

Oakland's gateway to the wonders of the universe is an 86,000-square-foot sci-fi playland operating one of the largest public telescopes in the United States, a space flight simulator, the Megadome theatre, and a 250-seat Plantarium. The closest thing to

Restaurants

Oni Sushi

6100 La Salle Ave, Oakland, CA 94611

Restaurants

Pagarung Thai Cuisine

6200 Antioch St, Oakland, CA 94611

Parks & Open Spaces

Oakland Zoo

9777 Golf Links Rd, Oakland, CA 94605

The Oakland Zoo is nestled in the rolling hills of 525-acre Knowland Park.

Add your business to Oakland.com

Expand your profile and reach new customers. We make it easy for visitors to find your business on Oakland.com.

Add your event to Oakland.com

Expand your profile and reach new customers. We make it easy for visitors to find your event on Oakland.com.

Scenes from Oakland Hills
Portrait Of A Mountain Lion Framed By Tree Branches(80/366) The days, lengtheningBird's Nest FungusBird's Nest FungusGreen Lacewing Larva? (Chrysopidae)Tremella aurantia (Witch's Butter)Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tail) PoresIMG_9532IMG_9537IMG_9539IMG_9559IMG_9563LichenFalling FenceRedwood Hike