No matter where you drive in the Delta, the constant presence of Mount Diablo rises above you.  In any season, any weather, the majesty of Mount Diablo symbolizes the region.  Seen from any vantage point, Mount Diablo shows a lovely face, serene, welcoming, speaking volumes about the timelessness of California’s landscape.  A state park welcomes visitors. 

The indigenous people of the region revered the natural edifice, each tribe having its own name for the peak.  The Chochenyo-speaking Ohlone from Mission San Jose and the East Bay area, called the mountain Tuyshtak, meaning “at the dawn of time”.   Most of Mount Diablo, including its peak, lies within  what was the homeland of the early Volvon, a Miwok-speaking tribe.  As early as 1811, the mountain was called (in Spanish) “Cerro Alto de los Bolbones” (High Point of the Volvon) or sometimes “Sierra de los Bolgones”.  The Nisenan of the Sacramento Valley called it Sukkú Jaman, which several websites interpret as  “the place where dogs came from in trade”. 

Whatever you call it, Mount Diablo sits in constant view of our Park.  We never tire of photographing its lovely countenance.