Ohlone Park
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| Ohlone Park | |
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 Ohlone Park in September 2010. | |
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| Nearest city | Berkeley, California, USA |
| Coordinates | 37°52′22″N 122°16′40″W / 37.87278°N 122.27778°W |
| Area | 9.8 acres (4.0 ha)[1] |
| Open | 6 AM – 10 PM |
Ohlone Park is a public linear park in the city of Berkeley, California, United States. Directly underground is the subway used by the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Red Line and Orange Line. It is part of the Ohlone Greenway.
The park is divided into two pieces: the larger piece is a continuous strip of land approximately four blocks long, oriented east-west on the north side of Hearst Avenue, bounded by Sacramento (on the west) and Martin Luther King, Jr. (on the east). Three north-south streets dead end onto either side the larger part: California, McGee, and Grant. The smaller piece is approximately one block long, also oriented east-west along the north side of Hearst, bounded by Bonita (on the west) and Milvia (on the east).[1] The park is just northwest of the main campus of the University of California at Berkeley.
It is mostly grass with a scattering of trees and includes pedestrian and bicycle paths, a dog park, a basketball court, and a small ball field. The dog park, established in 1979 when the park was dedicated, was one of the first off-leash dog parks in the United States.[1][2][page needed] There are four play areas for children, two for school-age children at McGee and at Milvia, and two for toddlers at Bonita and at McGee.[1]
There is a mural depicting the history of the Ohlone people on the large concrete vent at Milvia, painted by Native American artist Jean Lamarr in the late 1990s.[1]
