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Uncle Sam
Canyon
Mt. Diablo Trail Map
G-3.
Creek in Mt. Diablo State Park
flowing westnorthwest from ridge between Eagle
Peak and Twin Peaks into
Mitchell Creek.
Underground
Mining Museum
A mine that produced sand used in glass making in the 1920s through 1940s,
now open to the public in
Black Diamond Mines
Regional Preserve, with historical displays. (This museum was closed
through much of the 1990s, but is scheduled to reopen in March 1999.)
Union City
Marketplace
Shopping center in Union City at Alvarado-Niles
Rd & Decoto Rd.
Union City
Slough
The lower portion of Mount Eden Creek
near where it empties into San Francisco
Bay.
Union
Island
DeLorme Northern California
p.106 B-3.
A delta island, protected by levees, in San Joaquin County, southwest of
Stockton and east of Clifton Court
Forebay.
Access by Hwy J2 from Tracy or from Hwy 4 between Stockton and
Byron.
Union
Oil Company Tank Farm
In unincorporated area of Contra Costa County north of Rodeo.
University of
California - Berkeley
DeLorme Northern California
p.104 AB-4.
East Bay Hills Northern Trail
Map D-6.
2200 University Ave, Berkeley CA 94720.
Tel: (510) 642-6000.
http://www.berkeley.edu/
Botanical Garden, 200 Centennial Dr, Berkeley CA 94720.
Tel: (510) 642-3343.
Division of Environmental Science, Ecosystem Sciences.
Tel: (510) 642-2210.
Bioscience Library. Tel: (510) 642-2531.
Environmental Design Library. Tel: (510) 642-4818.
Museum of Paleontology, Valley Life Sciences Bldg.
Tel: (510) 642-1821.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
Vertebrate Zoology Museum. Tel: (510) 642-3567.
University
of California Botanical Garden
Although small (25 acres), this is a leading garden with some 12,000 different
kinds of plants from all over the world, most grown from seed collected in
the wild.
In Strawberry Canyon in the hills
above the University of California - Berkeley
main campus.
200 Centennial Dr, Berkeley CA 94720. Tel: (510) 642-3343.
University
of California Radiation Laboratory
See Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory.
University
of California Richmond Field Station
1301 S 46th St, Richmond CA 94804.
Tel: (510) 231-9400.
Includes laboratories of Environmental Engineering & Health Science,
Forest Products, Naval Architecture, Soils & Bituminous Materials, and
Structural Research. This site (then part of the town of
Stege) was once occupied by the California Cap
Works, manufacturers of blasting caps. Records from 1901 show that this plant,
like the Vigorite Powder Company at nearby Point
Isabel, then employed only Chinese workers.
University
Park
Albany city park at 10th St & Monroe St.
Uplands
Mt. Diablo Trail Map H-7.
Picnic area on South Gate Rd in
Mt. Diablo State Park.
Upper
Horse Trail
East Bay Hills Northern Trail
Map E-6.
Unpaved fire road and hiking/equestrian trail (permit required) on
East Bay Municipal Utility District lands on northeast
slope of San Pablo Ridge near
Orinda Horse Corral.
Upper Lake
Road
East Bay Hills Northern Trail
Map E-4,5.
Unpaved fire road and equestrian/hiking trail (permit required) in
East Bay Municipal Utility District lands northeast
of southern tip of San Pablo
Reservoir, running along ridgetop above
Lower Lake Rd.
Upper Maguire
Peaks Trail
Hiking trail in Sunol Regional
Wilderness.
Upper
Mohring Road
East Bay Hills Northern Trail
Map D-2.
Unpaved fire road and equestrian/hiking trail (permit required) in
East Bay Municipal Utility District lands northeast
of Sobrante Ridge Regional
Preserve.
Extends from Sobrante Ridge Rd down
to Alhambra Valley Rd.
Upper
Mollok Trail
Unpaved multiuse trail in
Morgan Territory Regional
Preserve.
Upper
Oil Canyon Trail
Unpaved multiuse trail in
Black Diamond Mines
Regional Preserve.
Upper
Pack Rat Trail
East Bay Hills Northern Trail
Map C-5.
Hiking trail in Tilden Nature Area
extending from Environmental Education Center to
Jewel Lake.
Provides a parallel route to Lower
Pack Rat Trail, which may be unusable in wet weather.
Birding by Richmond, p. 116 (note
that Upper Pack Rat Trail is called Pack Rat Trail in this book).
Upper Penitencia
Creek
See Penitencia Creek.
Upper
San Leandro Reservoir
DeLorme Northern California
p.105 B-5.
East Bay Hills Central Trail
Map F-5.
Long, narrow, multi-armed reservoir created by damming
San Leandro Creek a short distance
above Lake Chabot (which was originally
known as San Leandro Reservoir).
East Bay Municipal Utility District.
Birding by Richmond, pp 120-121.
Upper
Trail
See Rim Trail.
Upper
West Shore Trail
Hiking trail in Temescal
Regional Recreation Area.
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