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Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve

Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve from directly overhead

Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the southeast, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Crystyl Ranch Open Space, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates37.92138, -121.97414

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Crystyl Ranch: 0.7 mi
  • Arbolado Park: 1.5 mi
  • Pine Creek Park & Greenway: 1.8 mi
  • Highlands Park: 1.8 mi
  • Mitchell Creek Park: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Black Point: 1.0 mi
  • Mount Zion: 1.1 mi
  • Twin Peaks: 2.1 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 2.4 mi
  • Haystack Hill: 2.5 mi
Artworks
  • Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Lake): 1.4 mi
  • Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Large): 1.5 mi
  • Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Small): 1.5 mi
  • Storyvanes: 2.4 mi
  • Diablo Road Stump: 6.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Clayton Club Saloon: 2.5 mi
  • Old Borges Ranch: 2.6 mi
  • Donner Cabin: 2.8 mi
  • John Muir Statue & Fountain: 3.7 mi
Attractions
  • The Old Borges Ranchouse: 2.6 mi
  • Windy Grove Cars: 5.4 mi
  • Red Baron Airplanes: 5.4 mi
  • Dragon Roller Coaster: 5.4 mi
  • Frog Hopper: 5.4 mi
Picnic sites
Gardens
Springs: 16
  • Peach Tree Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Soto Springs: 1.8 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Moses Rock Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Coffeeberry Spring: 2.9 mi
Beaches: 14
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 13.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloSE 130°1,173 m4.3 mi
Devil's PulpitSE 129°1,110 m4.4 mi
North PeakESE 116°1,084 m4.5 mi
Ransom PointSE 127°1,037 m4.0 mi
Mount OlympiaESE 110°898 m4.1 mi
Eagle PeakSE 125°722 m2.4 mi
Red Leg PeakESE 119°652 m9.5 mi
Oyster PointSE 140°644 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4719:5520:34
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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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