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Community Garden

Community Garden from directly overhead

Community Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidden Lakes Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
John Muir Land Trust
Access
Yes
Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.98164, -122.08805

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hidden Lakes Park: 0.1 mi
  • Hidden Valley Park: 0.2 mi
  • Vista Montañas Park: 0.6 mi
  • Shadowood Park: 1.0 mi
  • Holiday Highlands Park: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Cardiac Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Mount Wanda: 2.5 mi
  • Mount Helen: 2.7 mi
  • Dinosaur Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Old Martinez Summit: 3.7 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
  • US Army helicopter: 1.8 mi
  • Hurricane Harbor: 2.1 mi
  • Alhambra Creek Valley Staging Area: 2.6 mi
  • Labyrinth: 2.8 mi
  • Frog Hopper: 3.6 mi
Artworks
  • United States Peace Corps Fountain: 1.8 mi
  • John Muir Statue: 2.0 mi
  • John Muir and Alhambra Creek Watershed: 2.1 mi
  • Martinez Beavers: 3.7 mi
  • Storyvanes: 5.3 mi
Museums
Beaches: 21
Springs: 19
  • Sulfur Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Sulfur Springs: 8.5 mi
  • Soto Springs: 8.9 mi
  • Peach Tree Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Coffeeberry Spring: 9.9 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 3
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 7.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloSE 126°1,173 m11.7 mi
Ransom PointSE 125°1,037 m11.5 mi
Mount OlympiaESE 119°898 m11.5 mi
Eagle PeakSE 124°722 m9.8 mi
Rock 2S 173°617 m11.6 mi
Vollmer PeakSW 227°581 m10.0 mi
Las Trampas PeakS 173°557 m10.3 mi
Vail PeakS 170°545 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4719:5620:35
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2216:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505457616671737472665650
Precip in3.53.62.61.20.60.10.00.00.10.71.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Concord Wwtp, 1 mi away.

  • Hooded Merganser115 obs
  • Great Egret102 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard82 obs
  • Canada Goose76 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk61 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk56 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay51 obs
  • Toyon50 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/762172476

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