Nature reserve · California
Mount Diablo Gateway
Mount Diablo Gateway is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 90 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the east-southeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Creek Park & Greenway, a park 0.5 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Contra Costa County Public Works Department
How to reach it
Coordinates37.90362, -121.99861
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Pine Creek Park & Greenway: 0.5 mi
- Northgate Park: 0.7 mi
- Castle Rock Youth Sports Park: 0.8 mi
- Arbolado Park: 1.1 mi
- Diablo Shadows Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks
- Haystack Hill: 0.7 mi
- Old Man's Hill: 1.4 mi
- Fossil Hill: 1.9 mi
- Black Point: 2.2 mi
- Mount Zion: 2.8 mi
Attractions
- The Old Borges Ranchouse: 0.9 mi
- Turkey Vulture: 4.4 mi
- Hurricane Harbor: 5.7 mi
- Red Baron Airplanes: 6.1 mi
- Windy Grove Cars: 6.1 mi
Historic sites
- Old Borges Ranch: 1.0 mi
- John Muir Statue & Fountain: 2.4 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 3.8 mi
- J.M. James House: 4.0 mi
- Stone Valley: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Shell Ridge Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Crystyl Ranch Open Space: 2.5 mi
- Galindo Creek Field Station: 2.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Open Space: 3.1 mi
Museums
- Shadelands Ranch Historical Museum: 1.9 mi
- Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society: 4.3 mi
- Clayton Historical Society Museum: 4.3 mi
- Clayton Historical Society Museum: 4.3 mi
- Lindsay Wildlife Experience: 4.4 mi
Artworks
- Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Lake): 2.0 mi
- Storyvanes: 2.0 mi
- Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Small): 2.1 mi
- Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Large): 2.1 mi
- Diablo Road Stump: 5.1 mi
Gardens
- Communuity Garden: 2.0 mi
- Ruth Bancroft Garden: 2.5 mi
- Horticulture (OH): 5.9 mi
- Rose Garden: 6.9 mi
- Rose Garden: 7.0 mi
Picnic sites
- Deer Flat: 3.6 mi
- Laurel Nook Group Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Grapevine Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Bridal Nook: 4.5 mi
- Sunset: 4.6 mi
Beaches: 17
- Lake Temescal Beach: 13.2 mi
- Lake Anza Beach: 13.8 mi
- Kite beach: 15.7 mi
- Playpen: 15.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.3 mi
Springs: 16
- Sulfur Spring: 1.3 mi
- Soto Springs: 1.8 mi
- Peach Tree Spring: 2.0 mi
- Coffeeberry Spring: 2.7 mi
- Moses Rock Spring: 2.9 mi
Ghost towns: 12
- Acelanus: 5.9 mi
- Nortonville: 7.4 mi
- Somersville: 8.2 mi
- Stewartville: 8.7 mi
- Ambrose: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Mitchell Rock: 3.1 mi
- Turtle Rock: 3.9 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 8.0 mi
- Chab: 13.9 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 20.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Abrigo Falls: 8.9 mi
- Tehan Falls: 16.2 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Quarters A: 20.9 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Rest Stop: 14.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Mount Diablo Gateway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | ESE 108° | 1,173 m | 4.8 mi |
| Devil's Pulpit | ESE 108° | 1,110 m | 5.0 mi |
| North Peak | E 98° | 1,084 m | 5.4 mi |
| Ransom Point | ESE 105° | 1,037 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Olympia | E 92° | 898 m | 5.2 mi |
| Eagle Peak | E 92° | 722 m | 3.3 mi |
| Red Leg Peak | ESE 109° | 652 m | 10.3 mi |
| Oyster Point | SE 127° | 644 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 48 | 50 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Diablo Junction, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
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