Don Castro Regional Recreation Area
Don Castro Regional Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 48 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Independent Park, a park 0.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 48 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- East Bay Regional Park District
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Independent Park: 0.4 mi
- Lakeridge Park: 0.5 mi
- Earl Warren Park: 0.6 mi
- Bay Trees Community Park: 0.8 mi
- San Felipe Park: 1.0 mi
- Peace Sign: 0.8 mi
- Seven Year Sister City Anniversary (Hayward–Funabashi): 1.8 mi
- Rowell Ranch: 3.9 mi
- Memorial to the Chinese Laborers: 5.1 mi
- Mape Memorial Park: 6.2 mi
- Discovery Center: 1.2 mi
- Hayward Area Historical Society: 2.0 mi
- C. E. Smith Museum of Anthropology: 2.6 mi
- McConaghy House: 4.1 mi
- Dunsmuir House: 6.1 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 6.2 mi
- Birthday Party Area: 6.5 mi
- Group picnic zone: 7.5 mi
- Castro Valley High Scool Garden: 1.7 mi
- Kellicutt Garden: 6.1 mi
- Reading Garden (Roos): 6.1 mi
- Iris Garden: 6.1 mi
- John Haley Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Maderia Hill: 2.2 mi
- Vista Peak: 3.5 mi
- Garin Peak: 3.6 mi
- Wiedemann Hill: 4.5 mi
- Donlan Point: 4.6 mi
- Dublin Hills Regional Park: 4.8 mi
- Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park: 5.5 mi
- Bishop Ranch Regional Open Space Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Land Bank: 7.5 mi
- Land Bank: 7.5 mi
- Meyers Dry Creek Garden: 6.0 mi
- Dunsmuir House and Gardens: 6.1 mi
- Mountain Lion: 6.3 mi
- Black Bear: 6.4 mi
- Grizzly Bear: 6.4 mi
- The Junction: 6.2 mi
- Truth Is Beauty: 6.4 mi
- Folded Circle: 6.9 mi
- Conversation: 7.5 mi
- Rising Wave: 8.0 mi
- Eugene Spring: 5.3 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 13.0 mi
- Sheepherder Spring: 13.4 mi
- Mineral Spring: 13.7 mi
- Maple Spring: 13.8 mi
- Niles beach: 8.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.8 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 11.5 mi
- Encinal beach: 14.2 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 14.6 mi
- Russell City: 5.3 mi
- Stokes Landing: 8.5 mi
- Lynn: 12.5 mi
- Drawbridge: 16.2 mi
- Acelanus: 19.1 mi
- Chab: 5.1 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 7.2 mi
- Turtle Rock: 13.4 mi
- Mitchell Rock: 16.6 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 17.5 mi
- Tehan Falls: 6.2 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 18.4 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 20.0 mi
- Murietta Falls: 21.3 mi
- Huntington Falls: 23.7 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 18.8 mi
- Quarters A: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Don Castro Regional Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | NNE 30° | 1,173 m | 15.1 mi |
| Devil's Pulpit | NNE 30° | 1,110 m | 15.2 mi |
| North Peak | NNE 31° | 1,084 m | 16.2 mi |
| Ransom Point | NNE 29° | 1,037 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mount Olympia | NNE 29° | 898 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mount Allison | SE 143° | 793 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mission Peak | SE 143° | 761 m | 15.5 mi |
| Eagle Peak | NNE 23° | 722 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hayward AIR Terminal, 4 mi away.
- Mule Deer74 obs
- California Slender Salamander60 obs
- Western Fence Lizard57 obs
- coast live oak55 obs
- California bay52 obs
- Common Sharp-tailed Snake50 obs
- Wild Turkey49 obs
- Western Honey Bee49 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/675540867
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