Nature reserve · California
Dry Creek
Dry Creek is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the west, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Meadow Park, a park 1.5 miles away.
What to expect
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How to reach it
Coordinates37.90134, -121.75363
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Oak Meadow Park: 1.5 mi
- Balfour Guthrie Park: 1.7 mi
- Lake Park: 1.8 mi
- Pioneer Park: 1.8 mi
- Boulder Ridge Park: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Marsh Creek 1: 2.7 mi
- Marsh Creek 7: 2.8 mi
- Big Bend: 4.0 mi
- Morgan Territory Ranch: 5.2 mi
- Marsh Creek 5: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
- Whelk Lookout: 4.5 mi
- Stone Corral: 4.7 mi
- Slick Ridge Village: 5.1 mi
- Louise's Walkway: 5.2 mi
- Lower Village Overlook: 5.2 mi
Peaks
- Red Leg Peak: 4.9 mi
- Windy Point: 7.5 mi
- Kreiger Peak: 7.6 mi
- Rose Hill: 7.7 mi
- North Peak: 8.0 mi
Attractions
- Babe Ruth Baseball Field: 8.8 mi
- The Old Borges Ranchouse: 13.6 mi
- Livermorium Atom: 15.2 mi
- Oldest Light Bulb: 15.3 mi
- Altamont Speedway: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 53
- Mount Diablo Summit Barbecue Area: 9.1 mi
- Grapevine Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Toyon Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Laurel Nook Group Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Lookout Point: 9.9 mi
Artworks: 49
- Dinosaur sculptures: 11.3 mi
- Elephant statue: 11.3 mi
- The Steelworker: 11.5 mi
- Our Lady of Pittsburg: 11.5 mi
- Heritage Plaza: 11.5 mi
Museums: 39
- Mount Diablo State Park Summit Museum: 8.9 mi
- Antioch Historical Museum: 8.9 mi
- Tassajara School: 8.9 mi
- Clayton Historical Society Museum: 10.3 mi
- Clayton Historical Society Museum: 10.3 mi
Gardens: 27
- El Pueblo Community Garden: 10.3 mi
- Blackhawk logo: 10.5 mi
- Ambrose Community Garden: 13.7 mi
- Rose Garden: 13.9 mi
- Rose Garden: 14.1 mi
Springs: 16
- Sycamore Spring: 4.4 mi
- Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 6.0 mi
- Sheepherder Spring: 9.7 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 9.7 mi
- Maple Spring: 10.5 mi
Ghost towns: 7
- West Hartley: 4.2 mi
- Judsonville: 5.2 mi
- Stewartville: 6.1 mi
- Somersville: 7.1 mi
- Nortonville: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Mitchell Rock: 10.4 mi
- Turtle Rock: 10.7 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 17.8 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 19.1 mi
- Chab: 23.6 mi
Beaches: 5
- Kite beach: 11.0 mi
- Playpen: 11.1 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 16.7 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 22.1 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 22.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Tehan Falls: 18.8 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Rest Stop: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Dry Creek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | W 261° | 1,173 m | 8.9 mi |
| Devil's Pulpit | W 261° | 1,110 m | 8.7 mi |
| North Peak | W 266° | 1,084 m | 8.0 mi |
| Ransom Point | W 263° | 1,037 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Olympia | W 270° | 898 m | 8.1 mi |
| Eagle Peak | W 270° | 722 m | 10.1 mi |
| Sunol Peak | SSW 205° | 664 m | 21.5 mi |
| Red Leg Peak | SW 229° | 652 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:11 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 57 | 61 | 67 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Antioch Pumping PLT #3, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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