Nature reserve · California

Old Ranch Open Space

Old Ranch Open Space from directly overhead

Old Ranch Open Space is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 165 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Ranch Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: City of San Ramon

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.73368, -121.91913

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Old Ranch Park: 0.1 mi
Senior Center Park Gardens: 0.2 mi
Sunny Glen Recreational Area: 0.5 mi
Old Ranch Summit: 0.6 mi
Village Green Park: 0.6 mi

Nature reserves

Dougherty Hills Open Space: 0.8 mi
Dublin Hills Regional Park: 3.1 mi
Bishop Ranch Regional Open Space Preserve: 3.6 mi
Brown Ranch Mitigation Lands: 4.5 mi
Doolan Canyon: 4.8 mi

Historic sites

Historic Camp Parks Sign: 1.6 mi
Dublin Civic Center: 2.1 mi
Mape Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
Camp Parks: 2.5 mi
The Green Store: 2.5 mi

Peaks

Dougherty Hills: 1.7 mi
Peterson: 2.4 mi
Donlan Point: 3.5 mi
Harlan Hill: 3.5 mi
Wiedemann Hill: 4.1 mi

Gardens

Don Biddle Community Garden: 1.9 mi
Rose Garden: 5.7 mi
Rose Garden: 5.9 mi
Blackhawk logo: 6.1 mi
Granada Native Garden: 8.3 mi

Artworks

Don Biddle Memorial: 2.0 mi
Conversation: 2.1 mi
Turtle Statue: 2.3 mi
The Junction: 2.5 mi
Wallis Ranch Water Tower: 2.6 mi

Picnic sites

Group picnic zone: 2.1 mi
Covered picnic zone: 2.1 mi
Picnic Grove: 2.5 mi
Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
Uplands: 7.9 mi

Museums

Kolb House: 2.5 mi
Murray Schoolhouse: 2.6 mi
Little Classroom: 2.6 mi
Blackhawk Auto Museum: 4.7 mi
Blackhawk Natural History Museum: 4.7 mi

Attractions

Alameda County Fairgrounds: 5.3 mi
Livermorium Atom: 9.0 mi
Meyers Dry Creek Garden: 10.2 mi
Oldest Light Bulb: 10.5 mi
Niles: 10.8 mi

Springs17

Eugene Spring: 2.6 mi
Sulfur Spring: 7.8 mi
Sheepherder Spring: 8.4 mi
Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 9.2 mi
Maple Spring: 9.6 mi

Beaches15

Shadow Cliffs Beach: 6.1 mi
Niles beach: 11.7 mi
Del Valle East Beach: 15.8 mi
Sandy Beach: 16.3 mi
Del Valle West Beach: 16.4 mi

Ghost towns11

Russell City: 13.0 mi
Acelanus: 14.3 mi
Stewartville: 15.2 mi
West Hartley: 15.4 mi
Nortonville: 15.6 mi

Cliffs6

The Devil's Shelf: 8.4 mi
Turtle Rock: 9.3 mi
Chab: 11.5 mi
Del Valle Cliffs: 12.3 mi
Mitchell Rock: 12.7 mi

Waterfalls3

Tehan Falls: 4.3 mi
Murietta Falls: 17.7 mi
Abrigo Falls: 19.4 mi

Lighthouses2

Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 24.7 mi
Quarters A: 24.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Old Ranch Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Diablo	N 2°	1,173 m	10.2 mi
Devil's Pulpit	N 2°	1,110 m	10.2 mi
North Peak	N 5°	1,084 m	11.1 mi
Ransom Point	N 1°	1,037 m	10.5 mi
Mount Olympia	N 4°	898 m	11.6 mi
Mission Peak	S 172°	761 m	15.4 mi
Eagle Peak	N 355°	722 m	11.7 mi
Sunol Peak	S 181°	664 m	7.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:12	18:45	19:20
June solstice	05:47	19:54	20:34
September equinox	06:56	18:32	19:06
December solstice	07:20	16:12	16:53

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1085882057

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