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East Bay, United States
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East of the Oakland Hills that border the inner East Bay, the outer East Bay maintains a very separate culture and lifestyle than its Bay Area neighbors. The area is mostly residential and affluent, and consequently considerably more conservative (by Bay Area standards). The same hills that keep this area culturally isolated also keep it protected climatically; the area is usually 10-20°F (5–10°C) warmer than the Bay in summer.
By BART
Two BART lines come from the inner East Bay and beyond it San Francisco.
By plane
There are no major airports in the Outer East Bay with regularly scheduled passenger service, though there are several general aviation airports.
By train
Amtrak stops in Martinez and Antioch. The ACE (Altamont Corridor Express) comes through here on its way between San Jose and Stockton.
BART serves Orinda, Lafayette, Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, Concord, Pittsburg, Antioch, Dublin, and Pleasanton. BART stations have bus service as well.
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Antioch is in eastern Contra Costa County in California.
Brentwood is an affluent, suburban city in eastern Contra Costa County, California with a popular downtown for visitors coming from the Sacramento Valley to the county. It serves as one of the eastern gateways to the East Bay, along with Livermore.
Clayton is a small suburban town in the East Bay of the California Bay Area, in Contra Costa County.
Concord is a residential and business city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the state of California.
Danville is a suburban town in Contra Costa County in the San Francisco Bay Area, nestled in the valley between Mount Diablo and the Las Trampas ridges. Formerly a farming community that was home to a Southern Pacific Railroad station and later the playwright Eugene O'Neill, it is now a wealthy suburb with lots of greenery and has been rated the safest city in California.
Dublin is a city of 65,000 people (2019) on the northern side of Alameda County, in California's East Bay region. It's an expanding city, constantly making its way into the golden-colored foothills of the Diablo Range on its eastern and western sides.
Livermore is a suburban city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Like its neighbor Pleasanton, it lies in the Tri-Valley region; however, Livermore is closer to the Altamont Pass, which separates the Tri-Valley from the vast San Joaquin Valley.
Lafayette is a city of 25,000 (2020) 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.
home of the early environmentalist John Muir, whose house is now a museum, as well as easily accessible nature
Moraga is in Contra Costa County in the Bay Area of California. It is part of the Lafayette-Orinda-Moraga trifecta that locals call Lamorinda.
Oakley is in the east part of Contra Costa County in the San Francisco Bay Area to the east of Antioch.
Orinda is a wealthy suburban refuge of most of the lawyers and bankers in Contra Costa County in the state of California.
Pittsburg is a city of 76,000 people (2020) in the east part of Contra Costa County in the San Francisco Bay Area on the west edge of the San Francisco Bay Delta.
Pleasant Hill is in Contra Costa County in the Bay Area of California.
For the city in Texas, see Pleasanton (Texas). Pleasanton is a city in the outer East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area.
San Ramon is in the southwest part of Contra Costa County in the Bay Area of California.
Sunol is in Alameda County in California. In a valley that marks the beginning of the beautiful Niles Canyon, Sunol is small yet worth visiting if you are in the Tri-Valley region of California.
Walnut Creek is a typical, medium-sized suburban city on the western edge of Mount Diablo, about 17 miles (25 km) 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.
This 20,000-acre (80 km2) park provides great hiking opportunities on a mountain that dominates the landscape for most of central and eastern Contra Costa County. It offers an incredible viewshed, with views on clear days stretching 181 miles to Mount Lassen.
a hilly nature reserve centered around a reservoir, and the gateway to the Ohlone Wilderness Trail
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