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Brushy Peak Regional Preserve

Brushy Peak Regional Preserve from directly overhead

Brushy Peak Regional Preserve is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Brushy Peak, a peak 1.5 miles away.

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Coordinates37.74689, -121.70836
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 60
Parks
Historic sites
  • Wine Country Stone Monument: 4.6 mi
  • Historic Stone Walkway: 4.6 mi
  • Livermore City Foundation Spot: 4.6 mi
  • Mills Square Park: 5.5 mi
  • Livermorium: 5.5 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 59
  • John C. Calhoun Memorial Table: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
  • Lichen Bark: 11.6 mi
  • Covered picnic zone: 11.6 mi
  • Group picnic zone: 11.7 mi
Artworks: 41
  • Influx: 3.2 mi
  • Elatus: 8.5 mi
  • Wallis Ranch Water Tower: 9.0 mi
  • Tassajara Road Gear Sculpture: 9.0 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 10.8 mi
Museums: 38
Gardens: 24
Springs: 18
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Sycamore Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 12.7 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Sheepherder Spring: 13.9 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 6
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 8.7 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 15.3 mi
  • The Bluff: 16.9 mi
  • Mitchell Rock: 17.3 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 19.1 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Niles beach: 19.9 mi
  • Kite beach: 21.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloNW 310°1,173 m14.6 mi
Rose PeakS 183°1,163 m16.3 mi
Mount LewisS 175°1,136 m18.5 mi
Cedar MountainSSE 157°1,118 m14.1 mi
Devil's PulpitNW 310°1,110 m14.5 mi
North PeakNW 314°1,084 m14.6 mi
Lookout PointS 172°1,051 m16.2 mi
Ransom PointNW 310°1,037 m14.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:19
June solstice05:4619:5420:33
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1916:1116:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155586369737370645448
Precip in2.82.72.21.10.50.10.00.00.10.81.52.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard77 obs
  • Western Toad77 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk60 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel59 obs
  • Gopher Snake50 obs
  • orange bush monkeyflower39 obs
  • Western Meadowlark38 obs
  • narrowleaf milkweed37 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/434003165

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