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Dolan Park

Dolan Park from directly overhead

Dolan Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 140 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Shannon Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

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Coordinates37.71336, -121.94649
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Shannon Park: 0.3 mi
  • Mape Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Centennial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Heritage Park: 1.0 mi
  • Country Club School Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
  • Kolb House: 1.0 mi
  • Murray Schoolhouse: 1.1 mi
  • Little Classroom: 1.1 mi
  • Museum on Main: 5.3 mi
  • Blackhawk Natural History Museum: 6.3 mi
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Grove: 1.0 mi
  • Group picnic zone: 1.9 mi
  • Covered picnic zone: 1.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Peterson: 1.3 mi
  • Donlan Point: 1.4 mi
  • Harlan Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Wiedemann Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Dougherty Hills: 3.2 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Springs: 17
Beaches: 14
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Niles beach: 9.8 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 6
  • The Devil's Shelf: 8.1 mi
  • Chab: 10.0 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 10.6 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 12.8 mi
  • Mitchell Rock: 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Lighthouses: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Dolan Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloN 9°1,173 m11.8 mi
Devil's PulpitN 9°1,110 m11.8 mi
North PeakNNE 11°1,084 m12.7 mi
Ransom PointN 8°1,037 m12.0 mi
Mount OlympiaN 10°898 m13.2 mi
Monument Peak NorthSSE 164°800 m16.1 mi
Mount AllisonSSE 164°793 m15.4 mi
Monument PeakSSE 164°776 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4719:5420:34
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:2016:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054576268727270645448
Precip in2.82.92.21.10.60.10.00.10.10.71.72.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard132 obs
  • Great Egret94 obs
  • Canada Goose68 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk64 obs
  • Hooded Merganser61 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard52 obs
  • Common Merganser43 obs
  • Great Blue Heron41 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/43985433

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