Mountain View Cemetery--BOX IS MISSING LbNA #31408 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Whirly-Girl Wanna Be  |
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| Plant date: | May 28, 2007 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Oakland |
| County: | Alameda |
| State: | California |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Whirly-Girl Wanna Be |
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| Last found: | Apr 13, 2008 |
| Status: | aOam |
| Last edited: | May 28, 2007 |
***THIS BOX HAS BEEN REPORTED AS MISSING***
The best part of this hunt will be the amazing view of Oakland and the bay, with San Francisco in the background. It will be so breathtaking, finding the letterbox will be quite anticlimactic.
From 24 East, take the 51st Street exit, right on 51st Street, continue forward on 51st Street/Pleasant Valley, go left on Piedmont Avenue, continue to the end of the street. (In other words, you want to go to the northeast end of Piedmont). Go through the entrance gate to Mountain View. If you want to stop at the office for a map, you can follow it up to area 76. Otherwise, just follow these instructions to get there. Drive around the fountain, taking the second right, heading up the Main Avenue. Make semicircles around three fountains. When the Kraft family stops you, turn right, then left where Van Gorden guards the intersection. You will come to an intersection with a starfish of choices. You want to veer to the left, on a heading of 20 degrees, and head ever upward. When faced with choices, bear right, and continue to rise. You will come to a row of small, matched ornamental plum trees (the kind with the dark, dark red leaves). Take a sharp 180 degree turn to the right at the area 76 sign. You will see the marker for the Hebrew Congregation. Drive between the rows of plum trees. Stop along here and get out of the car to appreciate the view from the top. When you are ready, make a U-turn up by the green fence, near where the Greek Orthodox rest, and return the way you came. Make the 180 degree turn, this time to the left. As you round a curve, you will see a white metal fence in front of you. Turn right at the fence, and stop near the west end of it. Three paces from the end of the fence will be a small maple tree. Ten paces beyond this is a thick bush. The letterbox will be under this bush on the right side.
Mountain View Cemetery is worth a visit. It is one of the finest examples of a memorial park found on the West Coast. With its stately avenues and winding roadways, its native live oaks and imported Italian stone pines, its simple columbarium and elaborate mausoleums, Mountain View Cemetery is a wonderful example of early American culture and the lively spirit of early California. It was designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, who was also the architect of New York City's Central Park, the Capitol Grounds in Washington DC, Stanford University and Yosemite Park. Mountain View was intended to express a harmony between man and the natural setting.
The best part of this hunt will be the amazing view of Oakland and the bay, with San Francisco in the background. It will be so breathtaking, finding the letterbox will be quite anticlimactic.
From 24 East, take the 51st Street exit, right on 51st Street, continue forward on 51st Street/Pleasant Valley, go left on Piedmont Avenue, continue to the end of the street. (In other words, you want to go to the northeast end of Piedmont). Go through the entrance gate to Mountain View. If you want to stop at the office for a map, you can follow it up to area 76. Otherwise, just follow these instructions to get there. Drive around the fountain, taking the second right, heading up the Main Avenue. Make semicircles around three fountains. When the Kraft family stops you, turn right, then left where Van Gorden guards the intersection. You will come to an intersection with a starfish of choices. You want to veer to the left, on a heading of 20 degrees, and head ever upward. When faced with choices, bear right, and continue to rise. You will come to a row of small, matched ornamental plum trees (the kind with the dark, dark red leaves). Take a sharp 180 degree turn to the right at the area 76 sign. You will see the marker for the Hebrew Congregation. Drive between the rows of plum trees. Stop along here and get out of the car to appreciate the view from the top. When you are ready, make a U-turn up by the green fence, near where the Greek Orthodox rest, and return the way you came. Make the 180 degree turn, this time to the left. As you round a curve, you will see a white metal fence in front of you. Turn right at the fence, and stop near the west end of it. Three paces from the end of the fence will be a small maple tree. Ten paces beyond this is a thick bush. The letterbox will be under this bush on the right side.
Mountain View Cemetery is worth a visit. It is one of the finest examples of a memorial park found on the West Coast. With its stately avenues and winding roadways, its native live oaks and imported Italian stone pines, its simple columbarium and elaborate mausoleums, Mountain View Cemetery is a wonderful example of early American culture and the lively spirit of early California. It was designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, who was also the architect of New York City's Central Park, the Capitol Grounds in Washington DC, Stanford University and Yosemite Park. Mountain View was intended to express a harmony between man and the natural setting.