The Berkeley Hills are a range of the Pacific Coast Ranges which overlook the northeast side of the valley in which San Francisco Bay is situated. They were originally called the Contra Costa Hills, but with the establishment of Berkeley and the University of California, the current usage was applied. The Pacific Coast Ranges are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along west coast of North America from Alaska to Mexico. ... San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining of approximately forty percent of California, flowing in Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve. ... The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ...

In recent years, that part of the same range of hills which continues into Oakland, are often referred to as the "Oakland Hills", but properly, they remain part of the Berkeley Hills. Nickname: Oaktown, Biggity Biggity O, The Town Motto: Official website: www. ...

Tectonically, the Berkeley Hills are bounded by the Hayward Fault along their western base, and the Wildcat Fault on their eastern side. The Hayward Fault Zone is located in northern California in the San Francisco Bay Area. ...

The highest peaks are Grizzly Peak (elevation 1,754 feet/535 m) and Round Top (elevation 1,761 feet/537m).