Historical Marker · No. 299
Camino of Rancho San Antonio
Oakland, Alameda County · California
Erected by Oakland Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1939
No state plaque marks the road, and the bronze that does was moved. The Daughters of the American Revolution set it in 1939 at the southwest corner of Oakland and Santa Clara avenues, the register's address, and that corner went first to MacArthur Boulevard and then under the MacArthur Freeway. The road left its own mark. About 1870, when Edward P. Flint of Boston bought land near Moss and Santa Clara avenues, the old wheel ruts still showed behind what became 60 Santa Clara Avenue, and Santa Clara between Harrison and Grand roughly follows the line today.
What the plaque says
El Camino Rancho San Antonio About 1820, along this route ran the earliest known road from Mission San Jose over Rancho San Antonio to the ranchos north. Erected by Oakland Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. 1939
Where it stands
37.82435, -122.25890 · Directions
Worth the stop nearby
- Muir Woods National Monument — 18 miA redwood canyon saved from a reservoir by a gift, and named for a man who had been there once.
- Muir Beach Overlook — 18 miA cliff edge on Highway 1, and the concrete dugouts where two-man crews watched the sea after Pearl Harbor.
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- Site of Saint Mary's College — 0.3 mi
- Paramount Theatre — 1.1 mi
- Site of College of California — 1.6 mi
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