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Aerial view of the Los Medanos foothills and Mount Diablo from over Suisun Bay at Concord, California. Mount Diablo is a mountain of the Diablo Range, in Contra Costa County of the eastern San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. It is south of Clayton and northeast of Danville. It is an isolated upthrust peak of 3,849 feet (1,173 meters ...
The area became known as the Mount Diablo Coalfield, the largest in California, producing more than 400 million short tons (357 million long tons) of coal during this time. [12] The area includes the remains of twelve coal mines and the sites of several long-gone coal mining towns. The Preserve contains over 200 miles (320 km) of mine workings.
The park lies in a scenic sandstone canyon in the Diablo Foothills of the northern Diablo Range, west of Mount Diablo and Mount Diablo State Park. The closest city is Walnut Creek to the north. [1] Castle Rock Regional Recreation Area is bordered by: Diablo Foothills Regional Park on the west, and Shell
Located east of Clayton and north of Livermore, California, bordering on Mt. Diablo State Park, it is part of the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD). The preserve was founded in 1975 with fewer than 1,000 acres (400 ha), but EBRPD has gradually acquired more property, and, since 2015, the preserve encompasses 5,230 acres (2,120 ha).
Las Trampas Regional Wilderness is a 5,342-acre (21.62 km 2) regional park located in Alameda and Contra Costa counties in Northern California. The nearest city is Danville, California. Las Trampas is Spanish for the traps, or the snares. [a] The park belongs to the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD). [1]
Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, U.S., providing off-roading opportunities in the Diablo Range. Located in southern Alameda and San Joaquin counties, it is one of eight state vehicular recreation areas (SVRAs) administered by the California Department of Parks and Recreation .
Nortonville is an unincorporated ghost town in Contra Costa County, California. It was located on Kirker Creek 5.5 miles (9 km) north-northeast of Mount Diablo, [2] at an elevation of 801 feet (244 m).
In 1997, John Muir Medical Center merged with Mt. Diablo Medical Center, based in neighboring Concord, to form the John Muir/Mt. Diablo Health Network. Because Mt. Diablo was a publicly run facility, residents of the Mt. Diablo service area needed to approve the merger by popular vote, which they did in 1996. [7]