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Don Biddle Community Garden

Don Biddle Community Garden from directly overhead

Don Biddle Community Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Don Biddle Community Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
permit
Fee
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.70872, -121.90258
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Don Biddle Community Park: 0.1 mi
  • The Office: 0.1 mi
  • The Rec Center: 0.2 mi
  • The Lounge: 0.2 mi
  • The Hangout: 0.2 mi
Artworks
  • Don Biddle Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 0.4 mi
  • Conversation: 0.8 mi
  • The Junction: 2.0 mi
  • Tassajara Road Gear Sculpture: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Covered picnic zone: 0.7 mi
  • Group picnic zone: 0.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 2.1 mi
  • John C. Calhoun Memorial Table: 8.2 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
  • Peterson: 3.5 mi
  • Donlan Point: 3.6 mi
  • Dougherty Hills: 3.6 mi
  • Harlan Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Wiedemann Hill: 5.4 mi
Gardens
  • Granada Native Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Blackhawk logo: 7.8 mi
  • Rose Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Native Garden: 8.0 mi
Springs: 17
  • Eugene Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Sheepherder Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Sycamore Spring: 11.5 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Niles beach: 10.6 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 14.0 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 6
  • The Devil's Shelf: 10.1 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 10.5 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 11.2 mi
  • Chab: 12.5 mi
  • Mitchell Rock: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Don Biddle Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloN 357°1,173 m12.0 mi
Rose PeakSE 144°1,163 m16.8 mi
Devil's PulpitN 358°1,110 m11.9 mi
North PeakN 1°1,084 m12.8 mi
Ransom PointN 357°1,037 m12.3 mi
Mount OlympiaN 0°898 m13.3 mi
Monument Peak NorthS 172°800 m15.3 mi
Mount AllisonS 173°793 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4719:5420:33
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:2016:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054576268727270645448
Precip in2.82.92.21.10.60.10.00.10.10.71.72.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore Muni AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard277 obs
  • Great Egret183 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk156 obs
  • Canada Goose125 obs
  • Hooded Merganser112 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay108 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel106 obs
  • Wild Turkey88 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10110870708

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