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The Walnut Creek mainstem is a 12.3-mile-long (19.8-kilometer) [3] northward-flowing stream in northern California.The Walnut Creek watershed lies in central Contra Costa County, California and drains the west side of Mount Diablo and the east side of the East Bay Hills. [4]
Walnut Creek is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, about 16 miles (26 kilometers) east of the city of Oakland. Walnut Creek has a total population of 70,127 per the 2020 census , is located at the junction of the highways from Sacramento and San Jose ( I-680 ...
The Old Borges Ranch is a 1,035 acres (419 ha) historic district in the Mt. Diablo foothills within the 2,600-acre (1,100 ha) Walnut Creek Open Space in Contra Costa County, California. A former cattle ranch, Old Borges Ranch includes multiple historic buildings, a ranger station, farm animals, and access to trails.
Ygnacio Valley Road is a major arterial road in central Contra Costa County, California. It extends from Interstate 680 and SR 24 in Walnut Creek to SR 4 in Pittsburg. The road passes through Concord and borders Clayton. In the northern half of the route, it is also known as Kirker Pass Road and then Railroad Avenue.
Saranap (until 1913, Dewing Park) [3] is a residential census-designated place (CDP) within central Contra Costa County, California.Lying at an elevation of 180 feet (55 m), it is bounded on the south and east by portions of Walnut Creek (including the gated senior residential development Rossmoor) and on the north and west by Lafayette.
Rancho San Miguel is a neighborhood in Walnut Creek, California. It is named after the Alta California Rancho Rancho Arroyo de Las Nueces y Bolbones which was also referred to as Rancho San Miguel. Until the mid-1950s the area consisted largely of walnut orchards, until developer Joseph Eichler built a subdivision north of Shell Ridge and ...
The Gospel Foundation continued to administer Shadelands until 1970, when they gave the remaining 1.5 acres (6,100 m 2) of land and the ranch house to the city of Walnut Creek, California. Today it is managed by the Walnut Creek Historical Society, and has been open to the public since 1972 as a historical museum, the ranch house still ...
This line branched from the southern division south of Walnut Creek at Saranap, [4] [40] running south and paralleling the Southern Pacific's Danville Branch. It opened to Danville on March 2, 1914, extending to Diablo Park a few months later in June. [4] [40] Service was provided by a single car, numbered 1051. The route proved unprofitable ...