Blog

What Happened in Late June? On Tuesday, June 27, the Antioch City Council on a 4-1 vote approved the first phase of “The Ranch” project. “The Ranch” is a 1,177-unit residential…

Distance: 5.3 miles  Elevation gain: 500 feet  Difficulty: Moderate  Hiking time: 2.5 hours  Trail surface: Unpaved trails and single-track trail  Best season: Spring  Hours: 8 AM to sunset  Managing agency:…

Just three populations of the critically endangered annual Eriogonum truncatum, or Mount Diablo buckwheat, are known to exist in the wild, and their exact locations are all tightly held secrets.  …

Are you planning your next outdoor adventure and wanting to hit the trails with a furry friend? For many reasons, including Mount Diablo’s sensitive ecology and potential safety issues for…

One of our former interns, Floyd McCluhan, recently teamed up with a UC Berkeley professor to write on the effects and consequences of climate change on Mount Diablo State Park. …

Distance:  10.5 miles  Elevation gain:  2,500 feet  Difficulty: Advanced  Hiking time: Five to 10 hours on foot, two to three hours by bike  Trail surface: Unpaved trails and bike-legal single-track…

In 2021, we noticed an unusual event on Mount Diablo, in the wild and biodiverse Knobcone Point area. Huge swaths of knobcone pine trees, Contra Costa manzanitas, and Mount Diablo…

Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve is full of early California history. Although its main entrance features some great hikes, there are some gorgeous, lesser-known areas accessed from its eastern edge.…

It was in December of 1971, when the Bay Area was rapidly expanding and development was creeping up Mount Diablo’s foothills, that Art Bonwell and Mary Bowerman founded Save Mount…

The southern side of Mount Diablo can be a shady relief from the open grasslands, and its Curry Point makes for a great starting point for a more mellow summer…