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Contra Loma Park

Contra Loma Park from directly overhead

Contra Loma Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the south-southwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Contra Costa Event Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

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Coordinates38.00157, -121.82497
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Contra Costa Event Park: 0.5 mi
  • Fairview Park: 0.6 mi
  • Gentrytown Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sixth Street Park: 0.9 mi
  • Prosserville Park: 0.9 mi
Attractions
  • Babe Ruth Baseball Field: 0.9 mi
  • Dragon Roller Coaster: 10.7 mi
  • Windy Grove Cars: 10.7 mi
  • Red Baron Airplanes: 10.7 mi
  • Tea Cups: 10.8 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
Peaks
  • Rose Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Kreiger Peak: 5.2 mi
  • Mulligan Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Seeno Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Mount Olympia: 8.1 mi
Picnic sites
  • Mount Diablo Summit Barbecue Area: 9.8 mi
  • Deer Flat: 9.8 mi
  • Laurel Nook Group Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Grapevine Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Toyon Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 56
  • Our Lady of Pittsburg: 3.8 mi
  • The Steelworker: 3.8 mi
  • Heritage Plaza: 3.8 mi
  • The Fisherman: 3.9 mi
  • Ore Cart: 3.9 mi
Museums: 40
Springs: 16
  • Sycamore Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Peach Tree Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Moses Rock Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Soto Springs: 10.6 mi
  • Burma Spring: 10.6 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Beaches: 5
Cliffs: 4
  • Mitchell Rock: 8.7 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 11.4 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 18.8 mi
  • Chab: 25.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 16.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Contra Loma Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloSSW 210°1,173 m9.6 mi
Devil's PulpitSSW 210°1,110 m9.5 mi
North PeakSSW 209°1,084 m8.5 mi
Ransom PointSSW 212°1,037 m9.4 mi
Mount OlympiaSSW 211°898 m8.1 mi
Eagle PeakSW 222°722 m9.3 mi
Red Leg PeakS 179°652 m10.2 mi
Oyster PointSSW 194°644 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4619:5520:34
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2116:1116:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485257616773767573665548
Precip in2.72.41.90.90.40.10.00.00.10.41.22.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Antioch Pumping PLT #3, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mount Diablo fairy-lantern68 obs
  • Northwestern Pond Turtle65 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard51 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird47 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle43 obs
  • Common Checkered-Skipper41 obs
  • hedge bindweed34 obs
  • Small Checkered-Skipper34 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 way/43951158

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