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Black Point Trail

Black Point Trail

...You may well wonder - ticks? Black flies? Slippery slopes? This is a favorite trail? Rest assured that there are compensating features - the Black Point Trail is one of the park’s top attractions, best appreciated during the spring months...

June 1, 2012

Springtime on the North Peak Trail

Springtime on the North Peak Trail

Of the many attractions of Mount Diablo, perhaps the most eagerly anticipated is the annual return of the mountain’s spectacular wildflower display...

May 1, 2011

Camel Rock Hike

Camel Rock Hike

There are trails in Mount Diablo State Park that are not well known. One of these is the Camel Rock Trail...

May 1, 2009

Ticks and Lyme Disease

Ticks and Lyme Disease

Ticks are a fact of life in all Bay Area wilderness parks, including Mount Diablo year around...

June 1, 2007

Mount Diablo Buckwheat

Mount Diablo Buckwheat

A petite pink flower that hasn't been seen in 70 years has been rediscovered on the flanks of Mount Diablo...

January 1, 2005

Clayton Quarry

Clayton Quarry

Two partners, Harrison and Birdwell, developed mining for construction aggregates on Mount Zion in 1947. However, this was not the first mining activity to occur in the area...

April 1, 2004

Early Spring Wildflowers

Early Spring Wildflowers

The winter rains and increasing daylight of early spring triggers a spring bloom for many of Mount Diablo's native wildflowers...

January 1, 1999

Flora of Mount Diablo

Flora of Mount Diablo

It has been over fifty years since the publication of Mary Bowerman’s The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Mount Diablo, California...

January 1, 1999

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