With endless spectacular views, a historic beacon and miles of hiking trails, Mount Diablo offers plenty for outdoors enthusiasts to do. Head for the museum at the summit, take in those views, then…
Heading up the twisty mountain road that winds up mighty Mount Diablo is enough to make you lunge for a thesaurus. How many ways can one say “hairpin curve” or “twisting road”? The coiling road, the enfolding curves, the — it’s twisty, people. Best to gaze out at the spectacular views, instead, and ignore the convolutions, because endless horizons await.
Commercial aviation was still new back in 1928, when a navigation beacon was placed atop the mountain. Charles Lindbergh had made his historic solo Atlantic crossing the year before. San Francisco Airport was celebrating its first anniversary, and Oakland Airport had just opened, when Standard Oil erected “The Eye of Diablo” on a steel tower atop Mount Diablo to help guide aviators to the Bay Area.
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