Niles Canyon

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canyon geographic feature gorge

Niles Canyon is a scenic, historic gorge in the East Bay of California known for its winding route, railroad heritage, and picturesque drive between Fremont and Sunol.

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Label Occurrences
Niles Canyon canonical 4
Niles Canyon, California 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canyon ⓘ
geographic feature ⓘ
gorge ⓘ
accessibleVia Niles Canyon Road ⓘ
closestCity Fremont ⓘ
closestTown Sunol ⓘ
connects Fremont ⓘ
Sunol ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainage Alameda Creek ⓘ
surface form: Alameda Creek to San Francisco Bay
hasBridge railroad bridges ⓘ
road bridges ⓘ
hasFeature narrow valley floor ⓘ
riparian vegetation ⓘ
steep canyon slopes ⓘ
hasRailLine Niles Canyon Railway ⓘ
Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
historic transcontinental railroad route ⓘ
hasRoute California State Route 84 ⓘ
hasTransportationCorridor railway ⓘ
roadway ⓘ
historicalSignificance development of rail transportation in Northern California ⓘ
early transcontinental rail route to San Francisco Bay ⓘ
knownFor historic railroad ⓘ
railroad heritage ⓘ
rocky canyon walls ⓘ
scenic drive ⓘ
winding road ⓘ
locatedIn Alameda County ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

East Bay ⓘ
near Niles district of Fremont ⓘ
Sunol Regional Wilderness ⓘ
offers heritage railway excursions ⓘ
operatedBy Pacific Locomotive Association ⓘ
partOf Alameda Creek ⓘ
surface form: Alameda Creek watershed

San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
popularFor cycling ⓘ
historic train rides ⓘ
motorcycle rides ⓘ
scenic photography ⓘ
region Tri-Valley ⓘ
surface form: Tri-Valley area vicinity
traversedBy Alameda Creek ⓘ
usedFor commuter traffic ⓘ
hiking access ⓘ
railfan photography ⓘ
recreational driving ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fremont → hasLandmark → Niles Canyon ⓘ
Essanay Studios → filmedIn → Niles Canyon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niles Canyon, California
Niles → traversedBy → Niles Canyon ⓘ
Niles, California → traversedBy → Niles Canyon ⓘ
Decoto, California → locatedNear → Niles Canyon ⓘ