Mountain View Cemetery (Oakland, California)

Mountain View Cemetery
Mountain View Cemetery
	Millionaire's Row, Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California
Details
Established	1863
Location	Oakland, California
Country	United States
Coordinates	37°50′07″N 122°14′13″W / 37.83528°N 122.23694°W
Type	Nonprofit
Size	226 acres (91 ha)
No. of graves	> 24,000
Website	www.mountainviewcemetery.org
Find a Grave	Mountain View Cemetery

The Mountain View Cemetery is a 226-acre (91 ha) rural cemetery in Oakland, California, United States. It was established in 1863 by a group of East Bay pioneers under the California Rural Cemetery Act of 1859. The association they formed still operates the cemetery today. Mountain View was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect who also designed New York City's Central Park and much of UC Berkeley and Stanford University.

Many of California's important historical figures, drawn by Olmsted's reputation, are buried here. There are many grandiose crypts in tribute to the wealthy, especially along the ridge section with a view across the Bay to the San Francisco skyline, known as "Millionaires' Row".^[1] Because of this, and its beautiful setting, the cemetery is a tourist draw. Tours led by docents began in 1970.^[2]

^ Andrew Chamings (March 2, 2020). "From the Black Dahlia to Mac Dre: The bodies of Mountain View". San Francisco Chronicle.
^ Abby Cohn (January 5, 2001). "They're 6 Feet Under, But Pioneers Draw Crowds to Oakland". San Francisco Chronicle.

[SF-1] Andrew Chamings (March 2, 2020). "From the Black Dahlia to Mac Dre: The bodies of Mountain View". San Francisco Chronicle.

[Cohn-2] Abby Cohn (January 5, 2001). "They're 6 Feet Under, But Pioneers Draw Crowds to Oakland". San Francisco Chronicle.

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