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Val Vista Park

Val Vista Park from directly overhead

Val Vista Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 98 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Valley Trails Park, a park 0.7 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
98 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Pleasanton

How to reach it

Coordinates37.68498, -121.91257

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Covered picnic zone: 1.3 mi
  • Group picnic zone: 1.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 7.3 mi
Artworks
  • Conversation: 1.3 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 1.5 mi
  • Don Biddle Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • The Junction: 1.8 mi
  • Elatus: 3.5 mi
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks
Springs: 17
  • Eugene Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Sheepherder Spring: 11.8 mi
  • McClure Spring: 12.4 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Niles beach: 8.9 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 6
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 10.2 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 10.8 mi
  • Chab: 12.2 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 12.7 mi
  • The Bluff: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Val Vista Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloN 360°1,173 m13.6 mi
Rose PeakSE 139°1,163 m15.8 mi
Devil's PulpitN 0°1,110 m13.6 mi
North PeakN 3°1,084 m14.4 mi
Ransom PointN 359°1,037 m13.9 mi
Mount OlympiaN 2°898 m14.9 mi
Monument Peak NorthS 169°800 m13.7 mi
Mount AllisonS 170°793 m13.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4719:5420:33
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, 5 mi away.

  • Mallard598 obs
  • Great Egret533 obs
  • Great Blue Heron385 obs
  • Hooded Merganser234 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk227 obs
  • Canada Goose209 obs
  • Black Phoebe183 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel175 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/389419762

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