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Blackhawk Museum
Classic and rare automobiles displayed as art in an elegant gallery setting in the San Francisco Bay Area.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Blackhawk
California, United States · North America
About Blackhawk
Blackhawk is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Diablo, 60km from Muir Woods National Monument.
Blackhawk is in California, United States, with about 9,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Diablo, about 5 km away.
Blackhawk is an unincorporated planned community and census-designated place located in Contra Costa County, California, United States, east of Danville and Oakland. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 9,637. Governed by county rules/regulations and a homeowner association (HOA), Blackhawk has a country club,Read more
two golf courses, sports complex, restaurants, and abuts the Blackhawk Plaza mall. HOA dues provide 24-hour security plus additional law enforcement contracted through the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office. The area is covered by the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District. The ZIP code is 94506. The community is inside area code 925.
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What is there to see near Blackhawk?
Within an hour or so of Blackhawk: Blackhawk Museum (2 km), Exploratorium (43 km), Coit Tower (44 km), Alcatraz Island (45 km).
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The nearest famous roads are 17-Mile Drive.
Where is Blackhawk?
Blackhawk is in California, United States, about 5 km from Diablo.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,354
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- California
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 37.8208, -121.9077
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AAA roadside assistance: 1-800-222-4357. Right turn on red is legal in most states unless signed otherwise.
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Worth the detour from Blackhawk
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Exploratorium
A pioneering hands-on science museum on San Francisco's waterfront that inspired interactive museums worldwide.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Coit Tower
Art Deco observation tower on Telegraph Hill offering 360-degree views of San Francisco, the bay, and the Golden Gate Bridge.
44 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Alcatraz Island
Notorious former federal penitentiary on a rocky island in San Francisco Bay that once held America's most dangerous criminals.
45 km · about 50 min drive
museum
California Academy of Sciences
A unique museum combining an aquarium, planetarium, and natural history museum under a living green roof in Golden Gate Park.
49 km · about 55 min drive
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Golden Gate Bridge
The Art Deco suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait in famous International Orange; drive, cycle, or walk it, with classic viewpoints at Battery Spencer and Fort Point.
50 km · about 60 min drive
cafe
Alice's Restaurant
A legendary biker and car enthusiast hangout on Skyline Boulevard in the Santa Cruz Mountains, a must-stop on one of California's best riding roads.
58 km · about 65 min drive
national park
Muir Woods National Monument
An ancient old-growth coast redwood forest just north of San Francisco, offering peaceful trails beneath towering thousand-year-old trees.
60 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near Blackhawk
- 50 kmGolden Gate BridgeThe Art Deco suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait in famous International Orange; drive, cycle, or walk it, with classic viewpoints at Battery Spencer and Fort Point.
- 60 kmTom Lantos Tunnels (Devil's Slide)Twin highway tunnels that bypass the notorious Devil's Slide cliffs on Highway 1 south of Pacifica; the old clifftop roadbed is now a spectacular coastal trail.
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