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Mount Diablo State Park Summit Museum

Mount Diablo State Park Summit Museum from directly overhead

Mount Diablo State Park Summit Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,170 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the southeast, less than a tenth of a mile off.

The story

mountain in Contra Costa County, California, United States

Wikidata Q13359059, matched on coordinates and name (18 m apart).

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.88183, -121.91427

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Diablo: 0.0 mi
  • Devil's Pulpit: 0.1 mi
  • Ransom Point: 0.3 mi
  • North Peak: 1.1 mi
  • Mount Olympia: 1.5 mi
Picnic sites
  • Mount Diablo Summit Barbecue Area: 0.3 mi
  • Grapevine Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
  • Laurel Nook Group Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Toyon Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
  • Deer Flat: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Mitchell Creek Park: 3.0 mi
  • Dana Hills Park: 3.3 mi
  • Clayton Community Park: 3.3 mi
  • Regency Woods Park: 3.4 mi
  • El Molino Park: 3.7 mi
Gardens
  • Blackhawk logo: 4.2 mi
  • Rose Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Communuity Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Ruth Bancroft Garden: 7.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • The Old Borges Ranchouse: 4.8 mi
  • Turkey Vulture: 9.2 mi
  • Windy Grove Cars: 9.5 mi
  • Red Baron Airplanes: 9.5 mi
  • Dragon Roller Coaster: 9.5 mi
Springs: 17
Beaches: 13
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 5
  • Turtle Rock: 2.0 mi
  • Mitchell Rock: 2.8 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 9.6 mi
  • Chab: 15.7 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 20.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 17.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Mount Diablo State Park Summit Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloSE 145°1,173 m0.0 mi
Devil's PulpitE 99°1,110 m0.1 mi
North PeakNE 44°1,084 m1.1 mi
Ransom PointN 349°1,037 m0.3 mi
Mount OlympiaNNE 26°898 m1.5 mi
Eagle PeakNW 317°722 m1.9 mi
Red Leg PeakESE 110°652 m5.4 mi
Oyster PointSSE 151°644 m4.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4619:5520:34
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:2116:1116:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F484850535966727270635347
Precip in5.14.93.71.91.10.30.00.00.11.22.65.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Diablo Junction, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/306893274

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