Frog Park (Rockridge-Temescal Greenbelt)

Rockridge-Temescal Greenbelt / Frog Park
Frog Park in 2011, showing the reconstituted creek filled by water pumped up from the culvert below.
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Nearest cityOakland, California, USA
Coordinates37°50′30″N 122°15′27″W / 37.84167°N 122.25750°W / 37.84167; -122.25750
Elevation130–165 ft (40–50 m)
CreatedFriends of the Rockridge-Temescal Greenbelt
Websitehttp://www.frogpark.org

The Rockridge-Temescal Greenbelt also commonly known as Frog Park is a public park and greenway that connects the neighborhoods of Temescal and Rockridge in Oakland, California.[1][2][3][4][5]

The land it sits on was designated as a public space during the 1960's undergrounding of the Temescal Creek that now runs under it.[2][6][7] The park began to be built in 2001 and it encompasses two older parks: the Hardy and Redondo parks,[2][6][7] subsequently popularly known as Big Frog and Little Frog parks.[8] Its construction was led by the community volunteer group Friends of the Rockridge-Temescal Greenbelt (FROG), which continues to maintain and improve the park.[1][2][3] While Temescal Creek remains mostly underground, the construction of the park brought back a reconstituted creek filled by water pumped up from the culvert below.[6][2][9]

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