On a clear day you can see .......... Mount Diablo (3,849 ft) from the Ponds. That makes it 1,278 feet higher than our own Mount Tamalpais (2,571 ft). Geographers claim that hikers can see more of the earth's surface from the top of Mt. Diablo than from any other peak in the world with only one exception: Africa's legendary 19,340-foot Mt. Kilimanjaro. The far-reaching panorama from Mt. Diablo is all the more impressive considering the mountain's relatively short height. Two reasons for the grand views: (1) the mountain rises solo very abruptly from its surroundings, and (2) the land surrounding the mountain—the San Francisco Bay and Central Valley—is nearly flat. Last Monday was the perfect day for my picture.
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