• Panoramic Way
• Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
• UC Berkeley
• East Bay Regional Parks District
• Oakland-Berkeley border
• Grizzly Peak Boulevard

Panoramic Hill derives its name from the extraordinary views it commands — a ridge community straddling the Oakland-Berkeley border, formed circa 1904 as one of the earliest planned hillside developments in the East Bay, its Panoramic Way drawing artists, academics, and professionals seeking the combination of natural beauty and intellectual community that defined early Berkeley and Oakland hill culture. The neighborhood's residents have included figures from the University of California and the Bay Area arts community, whose presence shaped Panoramic Hill's enduring bohemian character. Panoramic Way — the curving road that winds through the neighborhood and offers continuous Bay views — is itself a civic landmark, designed to take maximum advantage of the hillside topography. Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve — managed by the East Bay Regional Parks District and accessible from Panoramic Way — protects the native chaparral, oak woodland, and eucalyptus forest of the canyon immediately below the neighborhood, providing trail access to one of the East Bay's most ecologically significant urban-adjacent natural areas. The UC Berkeley campus lies immediately north, connecting Panoramic Hill to the intellectual and cultural life of the university. That combination of panoramic elevation, arts community heritage, and natural canyon access is the spirit behind the MY-NHD Panoramic Hill collection.