Ruth Bancroft Garden
Ruth Bancroft Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the east-southeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Communuity Garden, a garden 0.4 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Communuity Garden: 0.4 mi
- Horticulture (OH): 3.6 mi
- Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Lafayette Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Moraga Garden Center: 7.8 mi
- Heather Farm Park: 0.5 mi
- San Miguel Park: 0.7 mi
- El Divisadero Park: 0.8 mi
- Ygnacio Heights Park: 1.1 mi
- Walden Park: 1.2 mi
- John Muir Statue & Fountain: 0.9 mi
- Soldiers' Memorial Monument: 1.9 mi
- Old Borges Ranch: 3.0 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 3.7 mi
- J.M. James House: 5.0 mi
- Shadelands Ranch Historical Museum: 0.9 mi
- Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society: 2.1 mi
- Lindsay Wildlife Experience: 2.2 mi
- Galindo House and Gardens: 3.4 mi
- Concord Historical Museum: 3.4 mi
- Storyvanes: 1.0 mi
- Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Small): 2.2 mi
- Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Large): 2.3 mi
- Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Lake): 2.3 mi
- KLS: Day at Kareno: 4.9 mi
- Fossil Hill: 1.9 mi
- Rearing Horse Hill: 2.2 mi
- Two Oaks Hill: 2.2 mi
- Jane Bulman Grove Overlook: 2.2 mi
- June Bulman Grove Overlook: 2.3 mi
- Turkey Vulture: 2.1 mi
- The Old Borges Ranchouse: 2.9 mi
- Hurricane Harbor: 3.6 mi
- US Army helicopter: 4.4 mi
- Red Baron Airplanes: 4.6 mi
- Shell Ridge Open Space: 2.2 mi
- Mount Diablo Gateway: 2.5 mi
- Acalanes Ridge: 3.0 mi
- Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Open Space: 3.5 mi
- Poplar Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Sycamore Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Oak Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Redwood Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Acorn Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 11.8 mi
- Lake Anza Beach: 11.9 mi
- Albany Beach: 15.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.0 mi
- Kite beach: 16.4 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 3.6 mi
- Soto Springs: 4.2 mi
- Peach Tree Spring: 4.3 mi
- Coffeeberry Spring: 5.2 mi
- Moses Rock Spring: 5.3 mi
- Acelanus: 7.5 mi
- Nortonville: 8.8 mi
- Ambrose: 9.0 mi
- Somersville: 9.6 mi
- Stewartville: 10.3 mi
- Mitchell Rock: 5.1 mi
- Turtle Rock: 6.3 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 8.9 mi
- Chab: 14.2 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 18.7 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 6.6 mi
- Tehan Falls: 18.1 mi
- Quarters A: 19.5 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 19.5 mi
- Rest Stop: 12.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Ruth Bancroft Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | ESE 114° | 1,173 m | 7.3 mi |
| Devil's Pulpit | ESE 113° | 1,110 m | 7.4 mi |
| North Peak | ESE 106° | 1,084 m | 7.7 mi |
| Ransom Point | ESE 112° | 1,037 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Olympia | ESE 102° | 898 m | 7.4 mi |
| Eagle Peak | ESE 106° | 722 m | 5.5 mi |
| Oyster Point | SE 127° | 644 m | 10.8 mi |
| Cave Point | SE 124° | 636 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 57 | 61 | 66 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 50 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Concord Wwtp, 5 mi away.
- Mallard354 obs
- Canada Goose342 obs
- Bufflehead279 obs
- Yellow-rumped Warbler279 obs
- Western Fence Lizard251 obs
- Black Phoebe235 obs
- Ring-necked Duck226 obs
- Great Egret221 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/270032428
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