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| Map showing the Hayward Fault in the Berkeley area Click here to continue the image tour, or click on map cameras to see selected photographs. 
What to look for: The University of California Berkely is the largest employer in the East Bay, with 20,000 employees and 30,000 students. The Hayward Fault runs through part of the campus. As a result of the 1868 earthquake, new buildings constructed on the Berkeley campus starting in the 1870s were designed to be earthquake resistant. Creep along the Hayward Fault is responsible for damage to sidewalks, buildings, and infrastructure throughout the Berkeley area. The fault is also responsible for a variety of landscape features including scarps, deflected drainages, a sag pond (Lake Temescal), and a linear rift valley through which Highway 13 runs. A trip into the Berkeley Hills provides scenic vistas of the urbanized alluvial plain in the Berkeley area bisected by the Hayward Fault, a shutter ridge adjacent to Lake Temescal, and an ancient volcanic complex features exposed at Sibley Volcanic Preserve and along roadways on Grizzly Peak ridge.Access Options  BART: The Downtown Berkeley and Rockridge BART Stations provide access to AC Transit services in the Berkeley area.  AC Transit: The AC Transit line #7 provides access to many locations on or near the fault including California Memorial Stadium and Claremont Hotel. The bus route connects to both the Berkeley and Rockridge BART Stations (see www.511.org for details of bus schedules). AC Transit line #59 and 59A provide access from the Rockridge BART Station to both Lake Temescal Regional Recreation Area and the Monclair Village fieldtrip area (Chapter 6).  Bike: All locations along the fault between U.C. Berkeley and Lake Temescal are an easy bike ride. Destinations in the Berkeley Hills, while popular for bicyclists, would be strenuous to the casual rider.  Hike: The walk between U.C. Berkeley and the Claremont Hotel is about 1.5 miles (2 km) in one direction. Shorter round-trip walks (under 2 miles) include the hikes around Lake Temescal Regional Recreation Area or Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve. Longer, more strenuous hikes would include treks in Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve or in Tilden Regional Park. Wheelchair access: Wheelchair access is difficult at any of the locations in the Berkeley area because of the steep grades of the hillslopes. Once in the parking area at the south end of Temescal Park, there is wheelchair access to both the cracks in the pavement from fault creek, the offset tunnel, and to the shore of the lake (the lake was modified from a natural sag pond along the deflected Temescal Creek.   Car: It is best to leave your car at home if you go to Berkeley, especially when school is in session, a ball game is taking place, during rush hour, or when other activities are going on in the area (which is usually all the time). Good luck! A car is necessary to access the parks in the Berkeley Hills (Tilden and Sibley Volcanic Regional Parks). |
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