Nature reserve · California

Olympic Blvd. Staging Area

Olympic Blvd. Staging Area from directly overhead

Olympic Blvd. Staging Area is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 67 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the east, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Land Bank, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.

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Operated by: East Bay Regional Park District

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Coordinates37.88622, -122.09587

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Land Bank: 0.4 mi
Acalanes Ridge: 1.6 mi
Painted Rock: 2.3 mi
Land Bank: 3.3 mi
Mulholland Open Space Preserve: 3.3 mi

Parks

Meher Park: 0.6 mi
Newell Pocket Park: 0.6 mi
Saint Marys Ballfield: 0.7 mi
Leigh Creekside Park: 0.9 mi
Stanley Park: 1.0 mi

Artworks

Sun Painting: 1.1 mi
Puzzle Pieces: 1.2 mi
Fistulation: 1.2 mi
KLS: Day at Kareno: 1.2 mi
Dancing Oak: 1.2 mi

Historic sites

Lafayette Hillside Memorial - The Crosses of Lafayette: 1.6 mi
Sculpture of Saint John Baptist de La Salle: 3.2 mi
SMC Letters: 3.5 mi
John Muir Statue & Fountain: 3.5 mi
J.M. James House: 4.2 mi

Gardens

Lafayette Community Garden: 2.5 mi
Moraga Garden Center: 3.8 mi
Ruth Bancroft Garden: 4.2 mi
Communuity Garden: 4.3 mi
Horticulture (OH): 5.9 mi

Picnic sites

Upper Reserved Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
Shady: 5.5 mi
Corral Camp: 5.8 mi
Big Bend Meadow: 6.1 mi
Old Church: 6.1 mi

Museums

Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society: 2.8 mi
Lindsay Wildlife Experience: 2.8 mi
Shadelands Ranch Historical Museum: 5.0 mi
Chabot Space and Science Center: 6.6 mi
Galindo House and Gardens: 6.9 mi

Attractions

Turkey Vulture: 2.8 mi
Labyrinth: 4.8 mi
Alhambra Creek Valley Staging Area: 5.1 mi
The Old Borges Ranchouse: 5.1 mi
Mazzariello Labyrinth: 5.6 mi

Peaks

Sugarloaf Hill Benchmark: 3.0 mi
Castle Hill: 3.0 mi
Russell Peak: 3.2 mi
Mulholland Hill: 3.3 mi
Sugarloaf Hill: 3.4 mi

Beaches28

Springs20

Sulfur Spring: 5.7 mi
Soto Springs: 7.1 mi
Peach Tree Spring: 7.3 mi
Coffeeberry Spring: 7.6 mi
Johnny-come-lately Spring: 7.9 mi

Ghost towns12

Lynn: 9.5 mi
Acelanus: 11.3 mi
Nortonville: 12.7 mi
Eckley: 13.0 mi
Ambrose: 13.0 mi

Cliffs6

The Devil's Shelf: 6.7 mi
Turtle Rock: 8.3 mi
Mitchell Rock: 8.6 mi
Chab: 10.8 mi
East Slope Badlands: 15.5 mi

Waterfalls5

Abrigo Falls: 5.2 mi
Tehan Falls: 17.0 mi
Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 20.9 mi
Huntington Falls: 22.2 mi
Rainbow Falls: 22.3 mi

Lighthouses3

Rest areas1

Rest Stop: 13.9 mi

Natural arches1

Bird Island Arch: 24.4 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Olympic Blvd. Staging Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Diablo	E 92°	1,173 m	9.9 mi
Devil's Pulpit	E 92°	1,110 m	10.1 mi
Ransom Point	E 90°	1,037 m	9.9 mi
Mount Olympia	E 84°	898 m	10.6 mi
Eagle Peak	E 83°	722 m	8.7 mi
Rock 2	SSE 159°	617 m	5.3 mi
Vollmer Peak	W 268°	581 m	6.9 mi
Las Trampas Peak	SSE 155°	557 m	4.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:13	18:46	19:21
June solstice	05:47	19:55	20:35
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: Jan–Nov.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	50	54	57	61	66	71	73	74	72	66	56	50
Precip in	3.5	3.6	2.6	1.2	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.7	1.9	3.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Concord Wwtp, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/464463455

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