Audible Mount Diablo

On the edge of neighborhoods in Walnut Creek and Concord, California, LIME RIDGE OPEN SPACE trails quickly lead to big oaks, sweeping vistas, interesting wildlife, and rare plants. A place for short hikes and big discoveries.

Featuring Seth Adams and Heath Bartosh. Part of a podcast series produced in 2012 by SAVE MOUNT DIABLO. Photos by Scott Hein. Music by Phil Heywood. Production by Joan Hamilton.

Time for a hike that kids will love? Try Mount Diablo's WIND CAVES. Exploring them is fun; understanding them is a fascinating lesson in how the world works.

This segment is part of a tour of Mount Diablo's ROCK CITY is presented by Mount Diablo Interpretive Association. Featuring Ken Lavin. Music: Phil Heywood; Production, Narration: Joan Hamilton.

After a long absence due to COVID, Cafe Ohlone has re-opened, this time on the Cal campus in Berkeley. Learn about its founders and the plants, animals, and people of Tuushtak (aka Mount Diablo).

Featuring Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino. Presented by Mount Diablo Interpretive Association. Music by Phil Heywood. Production by Joan Hamilton.

If hot days are getting you down, take a break to learn about the Bay Area's "refrigerator tree," Arbutus menziesii.

From a tour of Mount Diablo's Rock City. Presented by Mount Diablo Interpretive Association. Featuring Ken Lavin; Production, Narration: Joan Hamilton.

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 and the Mount Diablo Interpretive Association.

One of the tallest mountains in the Bay Area—MOUNT DIABLO—is still growing! Learn how and when the mountain emerged and when the Mount Diablo Thrust Fault is due for a quake.

Featuring naturalist Ken Lavin. Presented by Mount Diablo Interpretive Association in partnership with Save Mount Diablo. Part of the Audible Mount Diablo series.

Dancing with OTTERS! A new film by Wally De Young that will help you spot this adorable mammal on your next East Bay hike.

WILD RIDE Take a 6-minute breeze through Bay Area geologic history, from the Age of Dinosaurs to the Age of Mammals.

Featuring Ken Lavin. Adapted from Audible Mount Diablo's "Mary Bowerman Geology Tour." Presented by Mount Diablo Interpretive Association in partnership with Save Mount Diablo.

Need to cool off? Enjoy a 360-degree vista from the top of Mount Diablo while watching its resident TURKEY VULTURES soar. The species has some fascinating (creepy?) habits as well as a superpower revealed almost a century ago by a team of geologists.

From a A Geology Tour on the Mary Bowerman Trail. Presented by Mount Diablo Interpretive Association in partnership with Save Mount Diablo. Photos by Scott Hein and Derek Love. Music by Phil Heywood. Production and narration by Joan Hamilton.

Everyone loves our state flower, the California poppy. But few know the story about its scientific name. It starts with a Russian ship sailing into San Francisco Bay with a German poet on board . . . and the rest is (strange) history.

Featuring Ken Lavin. Presented by Mount Diablo Interpretive Association. Produced by Joan Hamilton. Photos and video by Kendall Oei and Joan Hamilton. With help from other members of the Wild Mount Diablo team, Wally De Young and Staci Hobbet.