City in California, United States
Berkeley
Berkeley is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States.
It is named after the 18th-century Anglo-Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emeryville to the south and the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington to the north. Its eastern border with Contra Costa County generally follows the ridge of the Berkeley Hills. The 2020 census recorded a population of 124,321.
How locals move
Getting around Berkeley the local way
- Get inThere are ferries from San Francisco to nearby Oakland, but are probably most useful as a scenic method of travel.
- Get inIf you are traveling by private boat or charter yacht, Berkeley has a 1,000 berth marina, the largest municipal marina in the Bay Area.
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