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Pleasanton Upper Playfields

Pleasanton Upper Playfields from directly overhead

Pleasanton Upper Playfields is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 109 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Civic Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
109 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.65519, -121.87356
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Historic sites
  • J.W. Kottinger's Barn: 0.6 mi
  • Camp Parks: 3.5 mi
  • Gold Creek: 3.8 mi
  • Toliver Airship: 4.1 mi
  • Dublin Civic Center: 4.1 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks
  • Turtle Statue: 3.7 mi
  • Elatus: 3.9 mi
  • Don Biddle Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Conversation: 4.0 mi
  • Mayor Bosco: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Covered picnic zone: 4.0 mi
  • Group picnic zone: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 4.7 mi
  • John C. Calhoun Memorial Table: 6.9 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Springs: 18
  • Eugene Spring: 7.0 mi
  • McClure Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 11.2 mi
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 13.4 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Beaches: 7
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Niles beach: 8.9 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 7.5 mi
  • The Bluff: 12.0 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 13.8 mi
  • Chab: 14.9 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Pleasanton Upper Playfields. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloN 352°1,173 m15.8 mi
Black MountainSSE 148°1,169 m17.8 mi
Rose PeakSE 141°1,163 m12.9 mi
Mount LewisSE 139°1,136 m16.0 mi
Cedar MountainESE 114°1,118 m16.0 mi
Devil's PulpitN 352°1,110 m15.8 mi
North PeakN 355°1,084 m16.5 mi
Lookout PointSE 130°1,051 m15.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4719:5420:33
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • valley oak149 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk124 obs
  • coast live oak121 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay118 obs
  • California Gall Wasp110 obs
  • Mallard106 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard106 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk100 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/448059491

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