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Audible Mount Diablo

Audible Mount Diablo is an invitation to adventure. Its free multimedia tours combine lively interviews and music with the rush of wind and the chirps, howls, and growls of wildlife. Naturalists heighten visitors’ appreciation of the sights and sounds at each stop, tell tales of the mountain’s past, and suggest what to look for around the next bend. Photographs pop up to help identify plants and animals. Perfect to prepare for your first--or your hundredth--trip up the mountain. 
 
Sponsored by Save Mount Diablo and the Mount Diablo Interpretive Association. Produced by Audio Guides to the Outdoors
 
Photo above by Scott Hein
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Mary Bowerman Tour: Episode 10

Apr 22, 2022

SUMMIT STORIES  Spring is a great time to visit Mount Diablo State Park. If you go to the top, have a look at the rocks used to build the summit visitor center.  You can easily see fossils of oysters and clams—and, in the sand in between, clues to geologic history of the entire Bay Area. 

From a tour of the Mary...

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Perkins Canyon: Episode 9

Apr 8, 2022

MERCURY MINING  A mine near Clayton opened in 1875 and was long gone a century later.  But it and subsequent mines nearby are still causing problems. 

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