page_title: Walnut Creek, California
section_title: Points of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Walnut Creek, California / Points of interest
caption_attribution_description: English: Community Center at Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek, California.
context_page_description: Walnut Creek is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, about 16 miles east of the city of Oakland. With a total estimated population of 70,166, Walnut Creek serves as a hub for its neighboring cities because of its location at the junction of the highways from Sacramento and San Jose and San Francisco/Oakland and its accessibility by BART. Its active downtown neighborhood features hundred-year-old buildings and extensive high-end retail establishments, restaurants and entertainment venues.
context_section_description: Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF)
  Bedford Art Gallery
  Boundary Oak Golf Course
  Broadway Plaza Shopping Center
  Castle Rock Park
  Civic Park, including seasonal outdoor skating rink
  Heather Farm Park, including Gardens at Heather Farm and all-abilities playground
  Howe Homestead Park
  Lesher Center for the Arts
  Lindsay Wildlife Museum
  Mount Diablo State Park
  Open space hiking/biking trails, including Acalanes, Lime Ridge, Shell Ridge (featuring Fossil Hill trail)
  Old Borges Ranch
  Ruth Bancroft Garden
  St. Paul's Episcopal Church, featuring Carpenter Gothic chapel
  Shadelands Ranch Museum
  Walden Park Disc Golf Course
  Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society
caption: Community Center at Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek, California.
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