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==Area attractions== [[Image:Sunol water temple.JPG|alt=Open air round, marble structure resting on a layered base with twelve columns supporting the round, marble roof. There are leafless trees in the background.|thumb|The Sunol Water Temple]] *The [[Sunol Water Temple]] is an unusual Roman-inspired structure that marks the confluence of three sources of water that flow into the Sunol Valley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfwater.org/index.aspx?page=94|title = San Francisco Water Power Sewer | SFPUC| date=December 14, 2023 }}</ref> *[[Sunol Regional Wilderness]] is part of the East Bay Regional Parks District, and has hiking trails, naturalist events, and a visitor center.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-08 |title=Sunol Wilderness Regional Preserve {{!}} East Bay Parks |url=https://www.ebparks.org/parks/sunol |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=www.ebparks.org |language=en}}</ref> *The [[Niles Canyon Railway]] Sunol Depot was built in 1884, and is the last surviving example of a [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific]] standard design known as a "One-Story Combination Depot #7." The building has been restored and is operated by the [[Pacific Locomotive Association]]. *Niles Canyon Road runs westward from Sunol and is a scenic {{convert|7|mi|km|adj=on}} drive to Fremont. * A statue of [[Bosco the dog|Bosco]], the dog elected mayor,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.alamedacreek.org/Media_Articles/Pleasanton%20Weekly%2011-29-02.pdf |title = Welcome to Sunol |access-date = 2008-06-20 |author = Teresa Brown |date = November 29, 2002 |work = [[Pleasanton Weekly]] }}</ref> sits in front of the Post Office.<ref name=kntv1> {{cite news | date = 17 December 2008 | title = Bay Area's First Canine Mayor Memorialized | url = http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/The-Bosco-Ramos-Story-to-be-Immortalized.html | newspaper = [[NBC Bay Area]] | location = [[San Jose, California]] | publisher = [[NBCUniversal]] | access-date = 27 October 2013 }}</ref> Bosco achieved a degree of international notoriety in 1990 when the Chinese newspaper ''[[People's Daily]]'' reported on his tenure as an alleged example of the failings of the American electoral process.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=573498 |title = Sunol, California / Dogmocracy / Bosco The Dog |access-date = 2008-06-20 |author = George Lewis |author-link = George Lewis (journalist) |date = February 26, 1990 |work = NBC Evening News }}</ref> *In 2007, songwriter [[Will Stratton]] released a song named after the town on his first album.<ref>{{cite web |url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1041249|pure_url=yes}} |title = What the Night Said |access-date = 2009-07-20 |author = Erik Hage |author-link = Erik Hage (journalist) |date = May 1, 2007 |work = Allmusic.com}}</ref>
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