Nature reserve · California

Highland Springs

Highland Springs from directly overhead

Highland Springs is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 519 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Volvon Overlook, a historic site 1.5 miles away.

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Coordinates37.79840, -121.79105

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Volvon Overlook: 1.5 mi
Bob Walker's Cave: 1.5 mi
Lion's Mane Village: 1.7 mi
Fallen Oak Village: 1.9 mi
Circle of Stones: 2.2 mi

Nature reserves

Brown Ranch Mitigation Lands: 3.9 mi
Doolan Canyon: 4.2 mi
Schwartz Property: 4.3 mi
Heath Property: 4.7 mi
Morgan Territory Ranch: 4.8 mi

Peaks

Red Leg Peak: 4.2 mi
Oyster Point: 5.2 mi
Brushy Peak: 5.2 mi
Cave Point: 5.8 mi
Windy Point: 6.0 mi

Parks

Robert Duchi Park: 4.6 mi
Welshland Park: 5.0 mi
Monterosso Park: 5.5 mi
Diablo Vista Field: 5.7 mi
Brushy Peak Regional Preserve: 5.8 mi

Artworks

Wallis Ranch Water Tower: 6.4 mi
Tassajara Road Gear Sculpture: 6.6 mi
Elephant statue: 6.9 mi
Dinosaur sculptures: 6.9 mi
Influx: 7.0 mi

Picnic sites

John C. Calhoun Memorial Table: 7.7 mi
Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
Horseshoe Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
Uplands: 8.4 mi
Arroyo Picnic Area: 8.4 mi

Attractions

Livermorium Atom: 8.1 mi
Oldest Light Bulb: 8.6 mi
Alameda County Fairgrounds: 11.0 mi
Altamont Speedway: 13.1 mi
The Old Borges Ranchouse: 13.2 mi

Gardens48

Blackhawk logo: 7.0 mi
Granada Native Garden: 8.5 mi
Don Biddle Community Garden: 8.7 mi
Rose Garden: 10.2 mi
Rose Garden: 10.4 mi

Museums46

Tassajara School: 3.8 mi
Blackhawk Auto Museum: 6.9 mi
Blackhawk Natural History Museum: 6.9 mi
The Duarte Garage & Lincoln Highway Museum: 7.5 mi
The Carnegie Museum: 8.3 mi

Springs18

Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 1.5 mi
Sycamore Spring: 4.4 mi
Sulfur Spring: 7.7 mi
Sheepherder Spring: 8.2 mi
Maple Spring: 9.7 mi

Ghost towns10

West Hartley: 9.9 mi
Stewartville: 10.7 mi
Judsonville: 11.2 mi
Acelanus: 11.4 mi
Somersville: 11.7 mi

Beaches8

Shadow Cliffs Beach: 9.3 mi
Del Valle East Beach: 15.6 mi
Del Valle West Beach: 16.1 mi
Kite beach: 17.9 mi
Playpen: 18.0 mi

Cliffs6

Turtle Rock: 9.6 mi
Mitchell Rock: 11.6 mi
Del Valle Cliffs: 12.3 mi
The Devil's Shelf: 14.2 mi
Chab: 19.0 mi

Waterfalls3

Tehan Falls: 11.9 mi
Murietta Falls: 18.7 mi
Abrigo Falls: 22.2 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Highland Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Diablo	NW 311°	1,173 m	8.8 mi
Cedar Mountain	SSE 148°	1,118 m	19.3 mi
Devil's Pulpit	NW 311°	1,110 m	8.7 mi
North Peak	NW 318°	1,084 m	8.9 mi
Ransom Point	NW 312°	1,037 m	9.1 mi
Mount Olympia	NW 319°	898 m	9.3 mi
Rocky Ridge	SSE 164°	739.5 m	17.3 mi
Eagle Peak	NW 312°	722 m	10.8 mi

Conditions

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	50	54	57	62	68	72	72	70	64	54	48
Precip in	2.8	2.9	2.2	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.7	2.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/673997348

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