Talk:Tilden Regional Park

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Tilden as Amusement Park

By almost any definition of 'amusement park' I've ever heard, Tilden does not qualify. It is an outdoor nature park that happens to have one traditional amusement park ride - a merry go round - in it. That hardly qualifies it as an amusement park. If someone said to you 'hey, lets go to this amusement park I know of' and you said 'great idea, I love amusement parks more than anything else in the world' and you ended up at Tilden, you would be sorely disappointed.--Fizbin (talk) 18:28, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is a science museum to have fun in, a train to be ridden, a lake to swim in, a nature center to see.a merry go round to go around in. It fits my idea of a "amusement area in the BAy Area" though I hear what you are saying that it is not Marine World AfricaUSA or Great America. rkmlai (talk) 18:34, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As I said above, calling it an amusement park is exceedingly deceptive advertising. Great America and the Santa Cruz Boardwalk are amusement parks - Tilden is not. By your definition 90% of the parks in the Bay Area are amusement parks. --Fizbin (talk) 19:07, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I dont believe that 90% of the parks in the Bay Area all include amusement park rides, museums, nature centers. Which parts of the Bay Area do you reside in or abouts ? They sound like fun areas. rkmlai (talk) 19:30, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Grew up next to and played/hiked/rode often in Tilden. Never once considered it an amusement park. Those, back in the day, were Playland at the Beach and the Santa Cruz Boardwalk.--Fizbin (talk) 19:58, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I grew up in Berkeley. Went swimming in Lake Anza, then took my kids to the Redwood Valley Railway and Tilden Park Merry-Go-Round, then later took my girlfriend's dog on walks around Lake Anza. These were the less expensive, local, environmental, amusement parks of my time. I still think Tilden should be listed as an place of "amusement" and "park" rkmlai (talk) 20:47, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Its amusing to think of it as an amusement park. Does that make it one?Mercurywoodrose (talk) 21:41, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tilden Picture

The picture and caption are obviously mismatched, and were removed from the entry. The photo is of a person, the caption says it is a picture of the park. If someone can confirm that the photo is of Mr. Tilden, perhaps that should be shown under the page for that individual, rather than for the park. Here is what was removed:

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View of Inspiration Point from the Nimitz Way, Tilden Regional Park, California

No idea whether that is Mr Tilden, but there used to be a picture of the park there! I'll have a look for it, and re-upload if necessary. Pictures on Wikipedia do seem to acquire a life (or death) of their own, sometimes seglea 21:44, 10 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

turns out the picture is Samuel Tilden, uploaded in all innocence by ChrisDJackson who was doing a biog of him. No connection with the park, unless he turns out to be a relative of Charles Lee Tilden - maybe ChrisDJackson will know seglea 21:55, 10 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

The photo of thistles and the bay is probably not taken from within the borders of the park, as the park exists beyond the first ridge of hills that are the eastern edge of berkeley. nice photo, though.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 21:39, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tilden Park is not in Wildcat Canyon

Examination of a map shows the following not to be true: "Much of Tilden Regional Park is situated in the upper stretches of Wildcat Canyon which is also the location of Lake Anza". The upper stretches of Wildcat Canyon are, in fact, Wildcat Canyon Regional Park. Lake Anza is located in the central portion of Tilden Park about a mile above the University of California Berkeley campus. I have removed the erroneous statement. Dangnad (talk) 00:02, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Propose moving the banner from -- and explanation of changes to -- the Features section

Hi! I followed the list of features offered at the park's site to make sure that we had a complete, straightforward list of features, not mixed in with discussions of grazing. I propose that we removed the encyclopedic tone template from this section. Thoughts and input on the section? Chris vLS (talk) 07:35, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hearing no objection, I'm going to remove the template. Thanks. Chris vLS (talk) 16:43, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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