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Mount Diablo State Park Summit Museum, Mount Diablo, CA

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Mount Diablo State Park Summit Museum

A visitor center and small museum in a stone tower on the summit of Mount Diablo, covering the mountain's geology, Native American history, and ecosystems.

Mount Diablo, CA

About Mount Diablo State Park Summit Museum

The Summit Museum occupies a stone building on the highest peak of Mount Diablo State Park. Its exhibits explain how the mountain formed, describe the history of the region's Native American peoples, and use a diorama with recorded natural sounds to show the park's ecosystems. A model of the mountain helps visitors locate landmarks. Inside, a gift shop and an audio-visual room are available, and an elevator links the lower-level entrance with the upper museum floor and the observation roof. Visitors who climb the circular stairway pass fossils set into the sandstone walls, and the rotunda recalls the summit's past role as a survey point. The building was renovated in 2010, and a beacon above the rotunda is lit once a year on December 7 in memory of those who died at Pearl Harbor.

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