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Orchard Lane, and split at Panoramic Way (the vehicle road) and Mosswood Path a pedestrian pathway covered by antique red woods. Arden Steps are the penultimate set of steps in the series and are severely steep. Arden Steps and Arden Path meet at the cul-de-sac of Arden Road where Arden Path finishes the series with a sloping path and a final series up two dozen wooden steps.
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Panoramic Hill is home to a series of maintained walking paths and staircases that lead, on and off the road, halfway up the hill where they intersect a series of fire trails that lead into the hills. Each set of steps is treated as its own walking byway and is therefore named and well marked. Signs
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1329:San Antonio
1299:Havenscourt
1246:Old Oakland
1211:City Center
1201:Adams Point
950:Trunk roads
717: /
705:122°14′56″W
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87:122°14′56″W
1520:Categories
1425:Ghost Town
1372:Longfellow
1304:Jingletown
1226:Grand Lake
1015:AC Transit
702:37°52′10″N
512:References
439:John Beach
401:Fire Trail
130:California
84:37°52′10″N
1485:Montclair
1455:Claremont
1382:Rockridge
1367:Koreatown
1324:Ridgemont
1314:Millsmont
1294:Fruitvale
1206:Chinatown
1106:1991 fire
1089:1923 fire
874:Education
850:Southside
835:Northside
830:Northbrae
790:Claremont
486:craftsman
474:Mark Mack
397:in 2005.
375:July 2013
246:Geography
1460:Glenview
1392:Temescal
1387:Santa Fe
1334:Seminary
1289:Elmhurst
1284:Eastmont
1189:Downtown
1129:Category
865:Westbrae
795:Cragmont
500:See also
490:Berkeley
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158:Berkeley
1500:Oakmore
1420:Dogtown
1139:Commons
1077:History
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339:History
287:Parking
278:Traffic
272:Oakland
154:Oakland
142:Alameda
113:Country
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