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Blackhawk Museum
Classic and rare automobiles displayed as art in an elegant gallery setting in the San Francisco Bay Area.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Danville
California, United States · North America
About Danville
Danville is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Diablo, 52km from Muir Woods National Monument.
Danville is in California, United States, with about 44,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Diablo, about 4 km away.
Danville is located in the San Ramon Valley in Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is one of the incorporated municipalities in California that use "town" in their names instead of "city". The population was 43,582 at the 2020 census.
The Iron Horse Regional Trail runs through Danville. It was first aRead more
railroad that has been converted to a 10-foot-wide (3.0 m) path that consists of biking and hiking trails as well as controlled intersections. Extending from Livermore to Concord, the trail passes through Danville.
Danville is also home to the Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site, Village Theatre and Art Gallery, and The Museum of the San Ramon Valley.
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What is there to see near Danville?
Within an hour or so of Danville: Blackhawk Museum (8 km), Exploratorium (35 km), Coit Tower (36 km), Alcatraz Island (37 km).
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The nearest famous roads are 17-Mile Drive.
Where is Danville?
Danville is in California, United States, about 4 km from Diablo.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 44,400
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- California
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 37.8216, -122.0000
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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 Danville
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.
35 km · about 40 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.
36 km · about 40 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.
37 km · about 45 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.
41 km · about 50 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.
42 km · about 50 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.
52 km · about 60 min drive
tunnel
Tom 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.
53 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Danville
- 42 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.
- 53 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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