Acalanes
Acalanes is a locality in Contra Costa, California. Acalanes is situated nearby to the locality Silverwood, as well as near Northwood - Tara.Places of Interest
Highlights include Leuschner Observatory and Lafayette Reservoir.
Leuschner Observatory
Observatory
Leuschner Observatory, originally called the Students' Observatory, is an observatory jointly operated by the University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco State University.
Lafayette Reservoir
Reservoir
The Lafayette Reservoir is an open-cut human-made terminal water storage reservoir owned and operated by the East Bay Municipal Utility District. Completed in 1933, it was intended solely as a standby water supply for EBMUD customers.
Lafayette station
Metro station
Lafayette station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Lafayette, California. The station consists of one island platform in the center median of State Route 24 just south of the Lafayette Hillside Memorial. It is served by the Yellow Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lafayette and Orinda.
Lafayette
Lafayette is a city of 25,000 in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in California. It is primarily a residential town located in the hills between Berkeley and Walnut Creek, although it does offer shopping and dining, and the Lafayette Reservoir is popular with hikers.Orinda
Orinda is a wealthy suburban refuge of most of the lawyers and bankers in Contra Costa County in the state of California.Saranap
Village
Saranap is a residential census-designated place within central Contra Costa County, California, United States. Lying at an elevation of 180 feet, it is bounded on the south and east by portions of Walnut Creek and on the north and west by Lafayette. Saranap is situated 3½ miles east of Acalanes.
Acalanes
- Type: Locality
- Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.8988° or 37° 53′ 56″ north
Longitude
-122.1436° or 122° 8′ 37″ west
Elevation
761 feet (232 metres)
Open location code
849VVVX4+GH
GeoNames ID
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