Mount Diablo

USA / California / Diablo /
 mountain, draw only border, National Natural Landmark

Mount Diablo (not a volcano, despite the name and appearance) is in Contra Costa County and is notable for having one of the most extensive views in the world. On a very clear day you can see both the Farallon Islands and the Sierra Nevada. The reasons the view is so good are the lack of other mountains in the area and the fact that the central valley slopes up as it nears the Sierra Nevada, preventing it from disappearing below the horizon. The mountain is within the boundaries of Mount Diablo State Park, which is administered by California State Parks.
Elevation: 3,864 ft (1,178 m)
Prominence: 3,109 ft (948 m)

www.mdia.org/history-of-mount-diablo
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Coordinates:   37°52'58"N   121°55'9"W

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  • Here is something I thought quite amazing that I discovered while doing some amateur research on Mount Diablo,But first a little pre knowledge is in order, The many different Native American Indian tribes that have lived here in central California for thousands of years all consider Mount Diablo a sacred Mountain,They also had there own names for the Mountain, and here are a few of those names, "THE POINT WHERE LIGHT ORIGINATES" , "AT THE DAY" , " A SUPERNATURAL BEING WHO ILLUMINATES A LAND THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DARK ". The almighty of Indian belief is not pictured as a man in the sky ,rather,it is believed to be formless and to exist throughout the the universe ,The sun is viewed as a manifestation of the power of the almighty,and many of the first Europeans often thought that the Indians were worshiping the sun when in fact they were addressing prayers to the almighty of which the sun was a sign and symbol, American Indians beliefs are there own and I am not qualified to interpret them to others or even myself , I can only say that I once believed them to be based on superstition and some what primitive.but I now find there beliefs much farther spiritually advanced then any other religion I have any personal knowledge of and I also find after doing some research into that area of there culture that my own personal beliefs lie closer to there own then that which I was brought up in understanding, Many American Indian Tribes would perform there most sacred of ceremonies on the Summer Solstice ,And equally as important to performing this ceremony was that this ceremony was performed at its proper time; this is very important that one understands how important it is to native American Indian beliefs that the ceremony be performed at the proper time, OK this is what i discovered ,if on the summer solstice you were to watch the sunset from the summit of mount diablo then the moment the sun set below the horizon would be the very same moment the sun would be rising at Stonehenge,the reason for this is mount diablo is 120 .083 degrees from Stonehenge,and at this same moment of this sun down sun up scenario if you were to travel around the world the opposite way 120 degrees is where the sun would be over the earth at that moment,which just so happens to be Mongolia the place some scholars believe some of the American Indians originated,its funny though that in Mongolia they celebrate solstice when the sun is at its highest position in the sky which just so happens to be at this sun up sun down event,now why was Stonehenge built and who built it? Mongolia and they built it so those who left the capital of there beliefs would know the proper time of there most sacred ceremony,how else could they ever leave there capital,you see at the moment the sun is rising the people at Stonehenge are looking towards the sunrise which is over Mongolia ,and the people at mount diablo are looking at the sunset which again is over Mongolia ,the people at Mongolia are performing there most sacred ceremony and everybody knows it,Mongolia is the birth place of the worlds oldest religion,its really not that hard to believe if you take for an example that there are millions every day that at sunset turn and recite there prayers towards the capital of there beliefs mecca,the Indians did something possibly very similar
  • There was a petition to rename Mt. Diablo to be Mt. Reagan. Needless to say, it was a great victory when that prop did not make it to ballot.
  • The eminence of the peak ensured that it would be the foucs for the geodetic survey of California and adjacent areas. Before GPS very long Base Lines and Principle Meridians were needed for accurate triangulation to fix the relative locations of places. It was best started from here. Also in 2013 a fire of some 4,000 acres or roughly 12.5 square kilometers was started by a man doing target shooting. It was ruled an act of God as what he was doing was legal. A bullet hit a rock, sparking the blaze. God put the rock there. Ergo...
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