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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 AssociationProduced by Audio Guides to the Outdoors
 
Photo above by Scott Hein

Sep 9, 2022

It's tarantula season around Mount Diablo, and naturalist Ken Lavin has tales to tell and myths to bust. If you should be lucky enough to encounter one of these hairy beasts on the mountain, enjoy the thrill. But please don't touch!

This podcast is part of the Audible Mount Diablo series, sponsored by Save Mount Diablo...


Feb 11, 2019

ENJOYING THE PARK   Mount Diablo State Park is a great place to walk, run, hike, camp, climb, picnic, paraglide, stargaze, and ride bicycles or horses. But what's most popular? Heading to the top for a glimpse of wild California.

Presented by Save Mount Diablo in partnership with Mount Diablo Interpretive...


Feb 11, 2019

PRESERVATION  You've read plenty of stories about losing America's wild places. Here' a story about winning. 

Presented by Save Mount Diablo in partnership with Mount Diablo Interpretive Association. 


Feb 11, 2019

EARLY TOURISM   Starting in the 1870s, people with dollar signs in their eyes began selling Mount Diablo to tourists and investors. Fortunately, they were not successful, and today we have 110,000 acres of wildlands within an hour’s drive of a major metro area.

Presented by Save Mount Diablo in partnership with Mount...


Feb 11, 2019

COAL MINING Just northeast of Mount Diablo, thin layers of “black diamonds” in the sandstone paved the way for California’s industrial development at the end of the 19th century. East Bay Regional Parks naturalist Mike Moran tells the story.

Presented by Save Mount Diablo in partnership with Mount Diablo...