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Big Break Regional Shoreline

Big Break Regional Shoreline from directly overhead

Big Break Regional Shoreline is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of -1 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial, a historic site 1.5 miles away. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
East Bay Regional Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.01879, -121.70992
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Dewey Park: 1.5 mi
  • Civic Center Park: 1.5 mi
  • Oakley Park: 1.6 mi
  • Claremont Bay Park: 1.8 mi
  • O'Hara Park: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 57
  • Rose Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Kreiger Peak: 10.8 mi
  • Mulligan Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Red Leg Peak: 12.9 mi
  • Seeno Hill: 13.1 mi
Artworks: 36
  • Our Lady of Pittsburg: 9.5 mi
  • Heritage Plaza: 9.5 mi
  • The Fisherman: 9.5 mi
  • The Steelworker: 9.5 mi
  • "Red Salmon" fishing boat: 9.5 mi
Museums: 34
Picnic sites: 32
  • Mount Diablo Summit Barbecue Area: 14.8 mi
  • Deer Flat: 15.2 mi
  • Grapevine Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • Laurel Nook Group Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • Laflin Park Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
Gardens: 25
Attractions: 21
  • Babe Ruth Baseball Field: 6.4 mi
  • Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resort: 13.1 mi
  • Dragon Roller Coaster: 17.1 mi
  • Windy Grove Cars: 17.1 mi
  • Red Baron Airplanes: 17.1 mi
Springs: 16
  • Sycamore Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Burma Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Peach Tree Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Moses Rock Spring: 16.0 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 3
  • Mitchell Rock: 14.5 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 16.6 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 24.2 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Playpen: 5.0 mi
  • Kite beach: 5.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Break Regional Shoreline. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloSW 230°1,173 m14.6 mi
Devil's PulpitSW 229°1,110 m14.5 mi
North PeakSW 230°1,084 m13.5 mi
Ransom PointSW 231°1,037 m14.5 mi
Mount OlympiaSW 232°898 m13.3 mi
Eagle PeakWSW 237°722 m14.8 mi
Red Leg PeakSSW 208°652 m12.9 mi
Oyster PointSW 215°644 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:19
June solstice05:4519:5420:34
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:2016:1016:51

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485257616773767573665548
Precip in2.72.41.90.90.40.10.00.00.10.41.22.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Antioch Pumping PLT #3, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Yerba Mansa108 obs
  • Sandhill Skipper78 obs
  • Great Blue Heron74 obs
  • alkali heliotrope61 obs
  • Blue Dasher60 obs
  • Great Egret59 obs
  • Gray Hairstreak58 obs
  • American Kestrel57 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/666337207

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