Lafayette Morehouse, Walnut Creek

#12 among attractions in Walnut Creek

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Lafayette Morehouse is an intentional community conceived in 1968 in Lafayette, California. The lifestyle it practices is often referred to as “Morehouse”. Inspired by its founder Dr. Victor Baranco and his first wife Dr. Suzanne Baranco, and now by his widow Dr. Cynthia Baranco, Morehouse has been a continuous experiment in group living for over 50 years, one of few such communities still existing from the 1960s. ()

Coordinates: 37°55'11"N, 122°5'38"W

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Walnut Creek United States

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Lafayette Morehouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Broadway Plaza, Sunvalley Shopping Center, Willows Shopping Center, Lafayette Reservoir.

2.6 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
66 min walk • Broadway Plaza is an outdoor shopping mall located in downtown Walnut Creek. The shopping center opened on October 11, 1951 and is owned and operated by Macerich. The mall is anchored by Nordstrom and Macy's.
3.7 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Sunvalley Shopping Center, Concord
94 min walk • Sunvalley Shopping Center, or more popularly Sunvalley Mall, is a regional shopping center located in Concord, California. Located off Interstate 680, Sunvalley is owned and operated by the Taubman Company and is anchored by two Macy's locations, JCPenney, and Sears.
4 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Willows Shopping Center, Concord
102 min walk • The Willows Shopping Center is a shopping center in Concord, California.
3.5 miSW
Park
Lafayette Reservoir, Lafayette
88 min walk • The Lafayette Reservoir is an open-cut human-made terminal water storage reservoir owned and operated by the East Bay Municipal Utility District. Completed in 1933, it was intended solely as a standby water supply for EBMUD customers. EBMUD opened the reservoir for public recreation in 1966.
4.1 miE
Museum, History museum, Colonial revival architecture
Shadelands Ranch, Walnut Creek
105 min walk • Shadelands Ranch was established by Hiram Penniman, an early American settler of California in 1856 as one of the first and largest farms in California's Ygnacio Valley.
2.3 miSW
Memorial
Lafayette hillside memorial, Lafayette
60 min walk • The Lafayette hillside memorial is a collection of religious symbols, accompanied by a large sign, in Lafayette, California. The memorial commemorates soldiers killed in the Iraq War and War in Afghanistan, with the sign containing a running total of the death count as recorded by the US Department of Defense.
1 miE
Nature and wildlife, Museum, Park
Lindsay Wildlife Experience, Walnut Creek
26 min walk • Lindsay Wildlife Experience, formerly known as Lindsay Wildlife Museum, is a family museum and wildlife rehabilitation center in Walnut Creek, California.
4.9 miNE
Architecture, Historical place, Museum
Don Francisco Galindo House, Concord
126 min walk • The Don Francisco Galindo House, known locally as the Galindo House and Gardens, is a 19th-century house in Concord, California built in 1856 by Francisco Galindo and his wife, Maria Dolores Manuela Galindo, daughter of Salvio Pacheco who was the grantee of Rancho Monte del Diablo.
3.2 miE
Park, Garden
Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek
83 min walk • The Ruth Bancroft Garden is a 2.5-acre public dry garden established by Ruth Bancroft. It contains more than 2,000 cactus, succulents, trees, and shrubs native to California, Mexico, Chile, South Africa, and Australia.
2.8 miE
Park, Garden, Event space
Heather Farm Park, Walnut Creek
71 min walk • The 6-acre Gardens at Heather Farm are a relatively new set of gardens located at Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek, California, United States, with sweeping view of Mount Diablo, and open to the public 7 days a week during daylight hours.
2.1 miSE
37°54'3"N • 122°3'50"W
Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek
54 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater