Niles Canyon, Fremont

Name: Niles Canyon
Address: Fremont, United States

#4 among attractions in Fremont

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Niles Canyon is a canyon in the San Francisco Bay Area formed by Alameda Creek, known for its heritage railroad and silent movie history. The canyon is largely in an unincorporated area of Alameda County, while the western portion of the canyon lies within the city limits of Fremont and Union City. The stretch of State Route 84 known as Niles Canyon Road traverses the length of the canyon from the Niles district of Fremont to the unincorporated town of Sunol. Two railroads also follow the same route down the canyon from Sunol to Niles: the old Southern Pacific track along the north side, now the Niles Canyon Railway, and the newer Union Pacific track a little to the south. At the west end of the canyon are the ruins of the Vallejo Flour Mill, which dates to 1853. ()

Coordinates: 37°34'50"N, 121°57'55"W

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NilesFremont United States

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Niles Canyon – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, Niles Town Plaza, Vargas Plateau Regional Park, Shinn.

0.8 miW
Museum, Specialty museum
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, Fremont
22 min walk • The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum is located in what is now the historic district of Niles in the city of Fremont, CA. The museum is housed in the Edison Theater, a century-old Nickelodeon movie theater, just half a block from the former site of the Niles Essanay Studios where Broncho Billy and Charlie Chaplin made films in the 1910s.
0.8 miW
Museum, History museum
Niles Town Plaza, Fremont
20 min walk • The Niles Depot Museum is located in the former Southern Pacific Railroad colonnade-style passenger depot built in 1901, and freight depot, located in the Niles District of Fremont, California.
1.2 miE
Park
Vargas Plateau Regional Park, Fremont
32 min walk • Vargas Plateau Regional Park sits on a plateau in the Fremont Hills of Alameda County, California that overlooks the San Francisco Bay, Niles Canyon, and the cities of Fremont, Union City and Newark.
1.4 miSW
Neighbourhood
Shinn, Fremont
36 min walk • Shinn is a former unincorporated community, now incorporated into Fremont in Alameda County, California. It lies at an elevation of 69 feet.