Neighborhood
Maxwell Park is a neighborhood located in the foothills of East Oakland and is known for its close knit community made up largely of middle-class professionals, families with kids and dogs, Mills college students and faculty, diverse ethnic population and relatively low crime rate.It is geographically bordered by MacArthur Blvd, High Street, Trask Street, and 55th Avenue and is adjacent to Mills College, I-580. See parcel map under Neighborhood, Maxwell Park in depth. It lies at an elevation of from 138 feet to its highest point of 266 feet on Knowland Ave (42 m). Many of the bungalow homes in the neighborhood have panoramic views of the Oakland hills to the north, to Alameda and San Francisco Bay to the west. A lovely park located in the heart of Maxwell Park, is carefully looked after and improved by a volunteers associated with the Neighborhood Council. Major mosaic installations have been installed in the park, most notably, completely covering all surfaces of the restroom facilities. Many trees, shrubs and grasses have also been planted.