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Orchard Lane, and split at Panoramic Way (the vehicle road) and Mosswood Path a pedestrian pathway covered by antique red woods. Arden Steps are the penultimate set of steps in the series and are severely steep. Arden Steps and Arden Path meet at the cul-de-sac of Arden Road where Arden Path finishes the series with a sloping path and a final series up two dozen wooden steps.
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Panoramic Hill is home to a series of maintained walking paths and staircases that lead, on and off the road, halfway up the hill where they intersect a series of fire trails that lead into the hills. Each set of steps is treated as its own walking byway and is therefore named and well marked. Signs
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1222:City Center
1212:Adams Point
961:Trunk roads
728: /
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1531:Categories
1436:Ghost Town
1383:Longfellow
1315:Jingletown
1237:Grand Lake
1026:AC Transit
713:37°52′10″N
523:References
450:John Beach
412:Fire Trail
141:California
95:37°52′10″N
1496:Montclair
1466:Claremont
1393:Rockridge
1378:Koreatown
1335:Ridgemont
1325:Millsmont
1305:Fruitvale
1217:Chinatown
1117:1991 fire
1100:1923 fire
885:Education
861:Southside
846:Northside
841:Northbrae
801:Claremont
497:craftsman
485:Mark Mack
408:in 2005.
386:July 2013
257:Geography
1471:Glenview
1403:Temescal
1398:Santa Fe
1345:Seminary
1300:Elmhurst
1295:Eastmont
1200:Downtown
1140:Category
876:Westbrae
806:Cragmont
511:See also
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1511:Oakmore
1431:Dogtown
1150:Commons
1088:History
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350:History
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289:Traffic
283:Oakland
165:Oakland
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124:Country
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