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Ambrose Community Garden

Ambrose Community Garden from directly overhead

Ambrose Community Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the south, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Ambrose Recreation Center, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

What to expect

Operated by
Ambrose Recreation and Park District
Access
Permitted

How to reach it

Coordinates38.02654, -121.94873

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ambrose Recreation Center: 0.0 mi
  • Alves Lane Mini-Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hickory Meadows Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lynbrook Park: 0.5 mi
  • Anuta Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
  • Mulligan Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Seeno Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Twilight Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Rose Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Court Lane Hill: 6.1 mi
Artworks
  • Ore Cart: 3.5 mi
  • "Red Salmon" fishing boat: 3.6 mi
  • The Steelworker: 3.6 mi
  • Heritage Plaza: 3.6 mi
  • Our Lady of Pittsburg: 3.6 mi
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
  • Dragon Roller Coaster: 4.7 mi
  • Tea Cups: 4.7 mi
  • Windy Grove Cars: 4.7 mi
  • Frog Hopper: 4.7 mi
  • Red Baron Airplanes: 4.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Clayton Club Saloon: 5.9 mi
  • Mt. Diablo Coal Field: 6.6 mi
  • Riverview Union High School: 6.7 mi
  • Casino Building: 7.3 mi
Springs: 16
  • Peach Tree Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Soto Springs: 9.0 mi
  • Moses Rock Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Coffeeberry Spring: 10.0 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Beaches: 9
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 9.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Ambrose Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloS 169°1,173 m10.2 mi
Devil's PulpitSSE 169°1,110 m10.2 mi
North PeakSSE 164°1,084 m9.6 mi
Ransom PointS 169°1,037 m9.9 mi
Mount OlympiaSSE 164°898 m9.0 mi
Eagle PeakS 176°722 m8.6 mi
Red Leg PeakSSE 150°652 m13.8 mi
Oyster PointSSE 164°644 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4619:5520:35
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:2116:1116:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495357606571737472655650
Precip in3.23.22.31.10.50.20.00.00.10.71.63.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Concord Buchanan FLD, 6 mi away.

  • Pacific chorus frog11 obs
  • Great Egret11 obs
  • Northern Harrier11 obs
  • Common Checkered-Skipper11 obs
  • American Kestrel10 obs
  • Half-edged Wall Jumping Spider10 obs
  • Song Sparrow9 obs
  • Black-necked Stilt8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/460220392

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