Emeryville mudflat sculptures, Berkeley

#40 among attractions in Berkeley

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The Emeryville mudflat sculptures were a series of found object structures along the San Francisco Bay shoreline of Emeryville, California, largely constructed from discarded materials found on-site such as driftwood. The mudflat sculptures were first erected in 1962 and received national attention by 1964; through the 1960s and 70s, anonymous, usually amateur artists would construct sculptures visible to traffic at the eastern end of the Bay Bridge. With the creation of the Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve in 1985 and increased attention to ecosystem preservation, the last mudflat sculptures were removed in 1997. ()

Coordinates: 37°50'6"N, 122°17'48"W

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Emeryville (Bayfront and Peninsula)Berkeley United States

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Emeryville mudflat sculptures – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Oaks Park Stadium, Trader Vic's, Bay Street Emeryville, Pacific Park Plaza.

0.8 miE
Sport venue, Sport
Oaks Park Stadium, Oakland
21 min walk • Oaks Park, formally known as the Oakland Baseball Park, and at times nicknamed Emeryville Park, was a baseball stadium in Emeryville, California.
0.6 miW
Nightlife, Restaurant
Trader Vic's, Berkeley
17 min walk • Trader Vic's is a restaurant and Tiki bar chain headquartered in Emeryville, California, United States. Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. founded a chain of Polynesian-themed restaurants that bore his nickname, "Trader Vic". He was one of two people who claimed to have invented the Mai Tai.
~1370 ftE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Bay Street Emeryville, Oakland
7 min walk • Bay Street Emeryville is a large mixed-use development in Emeryville, California which currently has 65 stores, ten restaurants, a sixteen-screen movie theater, 230 room hotel, and 400 residential units with 1,000 residents.
0.5 miN
Skyscraper
Pacific Park Plaza, Berkeley
13 min walk • Pacific Park Plaza is a 30-story residential building located in Emeryville, California adjacent to Interstate 80. Standing at 318 feet tall, Pacific Park Plaza is the tallest building in Emeryville, and the tallest in the San Francisco Bay Area outside of San Francisco and Oakland.
0.7 miE
Area
Emeryville, Oakland
18 min walk • Emeryville is a small city located in northwest Alameda County, California, in the United States. It lies in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, with a border on the shore of San Francisco Bay.
1.1 miSE
37°49'21"N • 122°17'10"W
City Slicker Farms, Oakland
27 min walk • Park
~1140 ftE
Archaeological site
Emeryville Shellmound, Oakland
6 min walk • The Emeryville Shellmound, in Emeryville, California, is a sacred burial site of the Ohlone people, a once-massive archaeological shell midden deposit. It was one of a complex of five or six mounds along the mouth of the perennial Temescal Creek, on the east shore of San Francisco Bay between Oakland and Berkeley.
0.6 miW
Marine reserve, Nature, Natural attraction
Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve, Oakland
16 min walk • Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve is a marine reserve of California, United States, preserving marshland on the east shore of San Francisco Bay. It is managed as part of Eastshore State Park by the East Bay Regional Park District.
1.4 miSW
Beach
Radio Beach, Oakland
35 min walk • The Radio Beach Shoreline is the only beach in Oakland, California. On the San Francisco Bay, it borders the onramp to the Bay Bridge, leading into San Francisco. Its name refers to the radio towers on the beach.
0.7 miE
Neighbourhood
San Pablo Arts District, Oakland
18 min walk • The San Pablo Arts District is a nascent arts district along the San Pablo Avenue corridor, between 53rd and 67th Streets in the Golden Gate neighborhood of Oakland, California.
0.9 miSE
Neighbourhood
Dogtown, Oakland
24 min walk • Dogtown is a nickname for a portion of West Oakland in the city of Oakland, California. Oakland Police officers coined the phrase due to a large population of stray dogs dating from the early 1980s.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Emeryville mudflat sculptures?

Nearby attractions include Emeryville Shellmound, Oakland (6 min walk), Pacific Park Plaza, Berkeley (13 min walk), Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve, Oakland (16 min walk), San Pablo Arts District, Oakland (18 min walk).

How to get to Emeryville mudflat sculptures by public transport?

The nearest stations to Emeryville mudflat sculptures:

Bus

Shellmound Street & Bay Street • Lines: 36, 57, F, Sp, Ss (6 min walk)
5700 Christie Street • Lines: 57, F, Ns, Sp, Ss (6 min walk)

Train

Emeryville (12 min walk)