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	Mt. Diablo Cam: Mt. Diablo State Park trails - Live Webcam
		Mount Diablo State Park is a state park in Contra Costa County, California in the San Francisco Bay Area, located south of the town of Clayton and northeast of Danville.
		The summit of Mount Diablo itself is accessible by motor vehicle, hiking, running, or bicycle (the record time from The Athenian School in the town of Diablo to the summit is under 45 minutes; casual bicycle riders should bring plenty of food and water).
		Mount Diablo is sacred to many California Native American peoples; according to Miwok mythology, it was the point of creation.
	www.mtdiablocam.com (4501 words)

	Mount Diablo State Park -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Mount Diablo State Park is a (Click link for more info and facts about state park) state park in (A state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes) California, (The army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare) USA.
		It is approximately 80 km² (20000 (A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean) acres) in area, and its elevation varies from approximately 90 meters (300 feet) to the summit height.
		Mount Diablo is sacred to many California (Any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived) Native American peoples; according to (A member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in California) Miwok mythology, it was the point of creation.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/mount_diablo_state_park.htm (1745 words)

	About Mount Diablo
		Mount Diablo occupies a unique geographical position on the boundary of the Bay Area and the Central Valley.
		Now is the time to protect Mount Diablo, to preserve the scenic beauty and ecological diversity of the Mountain, to provide recreational open space for the rapidly expanding population, and to promote the quality of life in our Bay Area for current and future generations.
		Most of Mount Diablo, including its peak, was within the homeland of the early Volvon, a Bay Miwok-speaking group, and as early as 1811, the mountain was called Cerro Alto de los Bolbones (High Point of the Volvon).
	www.savemountdiablo.org /AboutMountDiablo.htm (4285 words)

	Mount Diablo SP
		North and east of Mount Diablo the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers meet to form the twisting waterways of the Delta.
		The tower was constructed during the late 1930's of fossiliferous sandstone blocks quarried in the park.
		The Mitchell Canyon Interpretive Center, located in Mount Diablo State Park at the south end of Mitchell Canyon Road in Clayton, California, is staffed by park volunteers.
	www.parks.ca.gov /default.asp?page_id=517 (861 words)

	Golden Gate Photo - Mount Diablo State Park Gallery
		Mount Diablo is a geologic anomaly located approximately 30 miles east of San Francisco.
		On the south side of the peak, north of Curry Canyon, this is a view of a poppy field from the canopy of an oak tree during the spring bloom.
		This image received First Place by the Mount Diablo Interpretive Association in the 2000 "Mount Diablo in Focus" contest and was on display from October 2000 to January 2001 in the Summit Museum at the top of Mount Diablo.
	www.goldengatephoto.com /westus/mtdiablo.html (913 words)

	WEB EXTRA: The Mount Diablo Buckwheat One Year Later
		From the time of the Mount Diablo buckwheat's rediscovery, the Working Group has focused primarily on understanding the characteristics of the site where the plant was found; propagating the plant in a nursery setting; surveying other, similar areas for possible additional populations; and monitoring the one known population in the wild.
		The Mount Diablo buckwheat is a diminutive annual wildflower that completes its entire life cycle in a period of just a few months in spring and summer.
		Rediscovery of the Mount Diablo buckwheat has brought the preservation movement full circle from Mary Bowerman's 1930s survey to preservation of new land to rediscovery of the endangered plant on that preserved land.
	www.baynature.com /v06n03/v06n03w_buckwheat.html (1274 words)

	05.24.2005 - Dainty pink Mt. Diablo buckwheat rediscovered
		Mount Diablo buckwheat, with its characteristic branched flowers, grows along the edges of chaparral, in areas that have been partly cleared of grass by rabbits.
		The Mount Diablo buckwheat, Eriogonum truncatum, "has been a Holy Grail in the East Bay for several decades," according to UC Berkeley botanist Barbara Ertter, who confirmed the identification in the field on Friday.
		Ertter, the curator of western North American flora at UC Berkeley's Jepson Herbarium and co-author of the 2002 revision of Mary Bowerman's "The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Mount Diablo, California," noted that one priority should be to gather seeds and start cultivating the buckwheat at the UC Botanical Garden.
	www.berkeley.edu /news/media/releases/2005/05/24_buckwheat.shtml (1198 words)

	Mount Diablo Audubon Society - Copyright
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	SummitPost - Mount Diablo -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering
		Mount Diablo is a lone massif towering over the eastern San Francisco Bay area, separating the valleys and ranges of the Coast Ranges from the vast Central Valley and the delta of the San Joaquin River.
		It is said that the view from the top of Mount Diablo covers 40 counties, and is the world's second most far-ranging view, after Mount Kilimanjaro of Africa.
		Supposedly Mount Diablo was named by Spanish soldiers who lost a battle with local Indians in the vicinity, probably in the 18th century.
	www.summitpost.org /show/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/810 (704 words)

	CVO Website - Mount Shasta and Vicinity, California
		One of the largest stratovolcanoes, Mount Shasta is 535 kilometers (330 miles) south of Mount St. Helens, and 425 kilometers (265 miles) north of San Francisco.
		Mount Shasta is located in the Cascade Range in northern California about 65 kilometers (40 miles) south of the Oregon-California border and about midway between the Pacific Coast and the Nevada border.
		Mount Shasta is a massive compound stratovolcano composed of overlapping cones centered at four or more main vents; it was constructed during a period of more than 100,000 years.
	vulcan.wr.usgs.gov /Volcanoes/Shasta/description_shasta.html (3536 words)

	35 Years Later, Save Mount Diablo Still Strong Uphill Struggle Against Encroaching Development is Far From Complete - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Mount Diablo State Park, once difficult for hikers and bike and horse riders to get to from the lower mountain, now can be reached through a series of trails from Walnut Creek, Concord, Clayton, Alamo, Danville and Blackhawk.
		Save Mount Diablo originally focused most on preserving the core of the mountain to protect endangered plants studied in the 1930s by Mary Bowerman, a botanist who teamed with Bonwell to found the group.
		We believed Mount Diablo wasnt getting enough state money, said Bonwell, 79, a retired chemical engineer who has been a behind-the- scene organizer of the group The money was going to Southern California, where there were more votes.
	www.redorbit.com /news/science/784169/35_years_later_save_mount_diablo_still_strong_uphill_struggle/index.html?source=r_science (940 words)

	Mount Diablo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		There is a toll station where a small fee is collected to access Mount Diablo State Park.
		Diablo is about a one hour drive from San Francisco.
		Mount Diablo dominated the skyline from in the East Bay of San Francisco.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /donlemma/diablopg.htm (411 words)

	Cultural History of Mount Diablo - How Did Mount Diablo Get Its Name? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The reference to "diablo" or "devil", can be traced back to 1804 or 1805, when a Spanish military expedition visited the area in search of runaway mission Indians.
		In an 1850 version, General Mariano Vallejo placed the incident at the foot of Mt. Diablo, claiming that the Spanish were routed when an "unknown personage" or "evil spirit" appeared.
		Of the many creative explanations for Mt. Diablo's name, perhaps the most famous is a Bret Harte short story that was published in 1863.
	mdia.org /chmdname.htm (375 words)

	Bay Area Hiker: Diablo Foothills Regional Park
		There is no direct public transportation to the park, but you can walk into Diablo Foothills from a County Connection bus stop: visit the Transit Info website for details.
		The Livorna Trailhead is a quick, easy, and free way to slip into the state park, and also provides some excellent hiking through the oak-studded grassland and rock formations of this part of the east bay.
		Briones to Mount Diablo Trail, open to hikers, cyclists, and equestrians, climbs easily past a big valley oak, then reaches the park boundary.
	www.bahiker.com /eastbayhikes/diablofoothills.html (1904 words)

	Bay Area Hiker: Mount Diablo's Fire Interpretive Trail
		• Save Mount Diablo is a good source of current events on the mountain, including the progress of preservation campaigns.
		The 0.7 mile path (the first portion of which is paved and wheelchair accessible) is a self-guided tour that informs visitors about geology and plants, all the while offering basically the same astounding views as the summit, without the crowds.
		Diablo's famously expansive views are diminished during smoggy summer days, while clear winter days afford the best vistas, as well as comfortable hiking.
	www.bahiker.com /eastbayhikes/diablosummit.html (1181 words)

	Mount Diablo ride
		Mount Diablo, the 2nd tallest paved Bay Area hill climb
		Mount Diablo is eclipsed only by Mount Hamilton in total height, but, unlike Mount Hamilton, there are no downhill sections as you head towards the top.
		A scene not unlike Mount Hamilton, with the peak visible in the distance.
	www.chainreaction.com /diablo.htm (688 words)

	Filed 3/23/98 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Mount Diablo Council of the Boy Scouts (1983) 147 Cal.App.3d 712 (Curran I).) The Court of Appeal remanded the matter for further proceedings before the trial court.
		With respect to defendant Mt. Diablo Council, the trial court found that the council is a California nonprofit corporation chartered by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America to oversee, facilitate, and administer the provision of an effective scouting program within the council’s geographic area.
		That the law does not prohibit the Mount Diablo Council from shutting Curran out cannot obscure the fact that he is the very kind of person whom it should receive most eagerly — a person whom it has itself honored as an Eagle Scout.
	www.uua.org /news/scouts/tim008.html (13115 words)

	Cultural History of Mount Diablo - Mountain House Hotel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The idea for a hotel on California's Mount Diablo was initiated by Joseph S. Hall, an enterprising Yankee who appreciated the value of the mountain as a public attraction.
		It was often said that no traveler was considered to have seen the west or California if he had not been to Mount Diablo's Mountain House and spent at least one night there, according to historian Mae Fisher Purcell.
		Ranchers and property owners, who had long objected to the existence of a hotel on Diablo and the stream of visitors it drew, successfully petitioned the board of supervisors to close the roads.
	mdia.org /mhhotel.htm (407 words)

	Wings of Rogallo: Sites: Mount Diablo
		Mount Diablo offers an excellent variety of soaring experiences to the advanced pilot.
		Pilots regularly soar Diablo's shear rocky peaks, rolling hills and ridges, gnarly canyons and grassy pastures; sometimes all in the same flight.
		However, Paraglider access to Diablo is coordinated by BAPA (Bay Area Paragliding Association).
	www.wingsofrogallo.org /sites/diablo/index.html (698 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- Mount Diablo keeps name despite complaints it offends some religions
		WALNUT CREEK – Federal officials have rejected a request to change the name of Mount Diablo after receiving complaints that it was offensive to some religions.
		He withdrew his first suggestion, Mount Kawukum, after learning the moniker was a gimmick promoted by an early 20th century real estate developer.
		The name Mount Diablo comes from a name Spanish soldiers assigned to an indigenous village set near a thicket near modern-day Concord.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20051014-1221-ca-mountdiablo.html (316 words)

	Busy being born: Hiking -- Mount Diablo Archives
		Mount Diablo is so much bigger than the surrounding hills that you can navigate by it from throughout the East Bay, as long as you can see it.
		Mount Diablo State Park seems aptly named if you visit in summer, when dry, sunny afternoons in the high 90s are a fixture of the environment.
		A popular belief in the Bay Area is that Diablo has the second-highest "viewshed" on earth, bested only by Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa (one guy goes to some trouble to dispute this claim).
	tommangan.net /archives/cat_hiking_mount_diablo.html (1999 words)

	Mount Diablo, California
		East of the Calaveras Fault is a large anticlinorium, pierced by the rocks of Mount Diablo.
		Mount Diablo's isolation and distinctive sugar-loaf, double peak profile makes it one of the most distinctive landmarks in California.
		At dead center on the horizon is Mount Lassen and the snow-covered northern Sierras are a thin white line on the right horizon.
	www.uwsp.edu /geo/projects/geoweb/participants/dutch/VTrips/MountDiablo.HTM (708 words)

	The Mount Diablo Information Page
		Mount Diablo State park is open from 8:00 AM until sunset.
		This center includes static and interactive displays of the geology of Mt. Diablo and a number of mounted specimens of plants and animals displayed in naturalistic settings, as well as cultural and historical information.
		There are several astronomy nights during the spring and summer when you may spend an extended evening on the mountain and may view celestial objects through telescopes provided for your use by the Mount Diablo Observatory Association.
	www.ccdemo.info /MtDiablo/MtDiablo.html (922 words)

	SummitPost - Mount Diablo and me -- Trip Reports
		My quench for outdoors took me to Mt Diablo, which was an hour’s drive from the place we were staying at.
		My ambitious plans of summiting Diablo, the North Peak, and Mt. Olympia, which form a circular trail, in a day, kind of crashed to the ground, when I learnt that the Diablo trail itself was 11.7 miles one-way.
		From this point onwards the summit of Mt. Diablo was in constant view, from the trail.
	www.summitpost.org /trip-report/279825/mount-diablo-and-me.html (1382 words)

	Mt. Diablo Silverado Council, BSA
		We have made a number of additions recently, including E-Lists you can sign up for to have information about upcoming programs and events delivered straight to your inbox, a new calendar and, most importantly, the ability to signup and pay for Council camping and events online.
		The Scoutmaster is the primary source of Youth Leader Training, but as a supplement to that training the National Youth Leader Training Conference provides youth with a week-long experience designed to give potential youth leaders skills they can use to help their Troops.
		Diablo Silverado Council is pleased to offer three National Youth Leader Training Conferences in 2006.
	www.bsa-mdsc.org (515 words)

	Mount Diablo High School Discovers Success With the Digital Safari Multimedia Academy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The grant was for a demonstration project aimed at integrating vocational and academic education.
		Through a competitive process within the district, Mount Diablo High School was selected as the site for the project.
		Mount Diablo High is an underperforming, minority-majority school - not necessarily the most likely spot for a successful high-tech/academic program.
	www.thejournal.com /magazine/vault/A3845.cfm (1154 words)

	Mount Diablo Audubon Society - Home
		Mount Diablo Audubon Society is committed to the sustainable balance of our community's people, birds, other wildlife, and habitat through conservation, education, and advocacy.
		Mount Diablo Audubon Society is leading the effort to save the vast public lands occupied by the Concord Naval Weapons Station.
		If you are not already a member of Mount Diablo Audubon Society, you can join here.
	www.diabloaudubon.com /index.php (466 words)

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