Walnut Heights
Walnut Heights is a neighborhood in Contra Costa, California. Walnut Heights is situated nearby to the suburb San Miguel, as well as near Shell Ridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States
- Also known as: “Walnut Heights, CA” and “Walnut Heights, California”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Broadway Plaza and Ruth Bancroft Garden.
Broadway Plaza
Shopping center
Photo: ShakataGaNai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Broadway Plaza is an outdoor shopping mall located in downtown Walnut Creek, California. The shopping center opened on October 11, 1951 and is owned and operated by Macerich.
Ruth Bancroft Garden
Garden
Photo: Pimpinellus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ruth Bancroft Garden is a 3.5-acre public dry garden established by Ruth Bancroft. It contains more than 2,000 cactus, succulents, trees, and shrubs native to California, Mexico, Chile, South Africa, and Australia. Ruth Bancroft Garden is situated 2½ miles north of Walnut Heights.
Las Lomas High School
School
Las Lomas High School is a public high school in Walnut Creek, California, United States. It was founded in 1951 by the Acalanes Union High School District, and opened its doors in the fall of 1952 to its first graduating class.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castle Hill and Walnut Creek.
Castle Hill
Village
Castle Hill is a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California. Castle Hill sits at an elevation of 302 feet. The 2020 United States census reported Castle Hill's population was 1,271. Castle Hill is situated 1½ miles southwest of Walnut Heights.
Walnut Creek
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Walnut Creek is a typical, medium-sized suburban city on the western edge of Mount Diablo, about 17 miles east of Oakland in Contra Costa County. After being part of a Spanish land grant comprising several ranchos, the first Midwestern settlers of European descent in this area planted walnut trees.
Saranap
Village
Saranap is a residential census-designated place within central Contra Costa County, California. 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 2½ miles west of Walnut Heights.
Walnut Heights
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.89127° or 37° 53′ 29″ northLongitude
-122.03499° or 122° 2′ 6″ westElevation
200 feet (61 metres)Open location code
849VVXR8+G2OpenStreetMap ID
node 150973021OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Walnut Heights” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “沃爾納特高地”
- French: “Walnut Heights”
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