Mt. Diablo State Park
The mountain exerts a force from a distance. Its silhouette shatters our immaculate horizon; its peaks seize our imagination like a maelstrom drags a ship into its vortex. The mountain obliterates the setting sun, the rising moon, the constellations as they swoop carelessly low over the world. The mountain, known as Diablo, is a sight to behold. You should see it up close.
Mt. Diablo at sunrise viewed from Marsh Creek Reservoir.
Chinesehouses, Middle Trail.
North Peak viewed from Round Valley on a windy evening in late spring.
The Summit viewed from North Peak Trail. February of 2006.
Springtime on the Falls Trail.
North Peak viewed from Morgan Territory's Highland Ridge.
Rose clover, East Trail.
A shattered rock along Mt. Olympia Road displays a mélange of basalt, greenstone, chert and quartz.
The view west from Eagle Peak at dusk. In the background stands Mt. Tamalpais at a distance of 37 miles.
Serrated onion, Olympia Trail.
Eagle peak at sunrise viewed from Bald Ridge.
Moonset over Murchio Gap.
Wind poppy on Olympia Trail.
Mt. Diablo at sunrise viewed from Highland Ridge, Morgan Territory.
Mitchell Creek in autumn.
Diablo's twin peaks reflect the pastel light of sunrise. Viewed from Highland Ridge, Morgan Territory.
A butterfly mariposa lily unfurls along Olympia Trail.
The marine layer drifts beneath the summit.
A rock atop Eagle Peak mimics the trapezoidal shape of the entire peak. Below, Mitchell Canyon Road snakes up toward Deer Flat.
Royal larkspur, Bald Ridge.
Back Creek Canyon viewed from the north terminus of Eagle Peak.
Wind-whipped ice razors stream from buckbrush along Summit Trail, February of 2009.
Castle Rock.
Silver bush lupine, Eagle Peak.
Diablo's western foothills slither through the fog.
Devil's Pulpit.
Canyon live oak, Juniper Trail.
Bobcat on the Summit
Coulter pine, Olympia Trail.
Mt. Diablo viewed from Round Valley in February of 2023.