Lafayette hillside memorial, Lafayette

#2 among attractions in Lafayette

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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. The monument began to raise controversy in November 2006. ()

Coordinates: 37°53'42"N, 122°7'25"W

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Lafayette United States

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Day trips

Lafayette hillside memorial – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Broadway Plaza, Sunvalley Shopping Center, Lafayette Reservoir, Lindsay Wildlife Experience.

3.6 miE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
91 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.
6 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Sunvalley Shopping Center, Concord
153 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.
1.1 miSW
Park
Lafayette Reservoir, Lafayette
29 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.
3.2 miNE
Nature and wildlife, Museum, Park
Lindsay Wildlife Experience, Walnut Creek
83 min walk • Lindsay Wildlife Experience, formerly known as Lindsay Wildlife Museum, is a family museum and wildlife rehabilitation center in Walnut Creek, California.
5.1 miSW
Park
Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve, Oakland
131 min walk • Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve is located in the Oakland Hills of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The park is part of the East Bay Regional Parks District, covers 928 acres, and lies east of Oakland, partly in Alameda County and partly in Contra Costa County.
5.2 miNE
Park, Garden
Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek
134 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.
4.7 miE
Park, Garden, Event space
Heather Farm Park, Walnut Creek
121 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.
5.1 miSW
Park
Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve, Oakland
130 min walk • Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve is a 241 acres regional park and nature reserve in the Oakland Hills, in the eastern East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area of California. It is within Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. It is a park within the East Bay Regional Parks District system.
3.3 miE
37°54'3"N • 122°3'50"W
Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek
84 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
4.9 miSW
Volcano, Nature, Natural attraction
Round Top, Oakland
124 min walk • Round Top is an extinct volcano in the Berkeley Hills, just east of Oakland, California. The peak lies entirely within the bounds of Contra Costa County. In 1936, the area surrounding the peak was established as Round Top Regional Park, one of the first three parks of the East Bay Regional Parks District.
0.5 miSE
Library
Lafayette Library and Learning Center, Lafayette
13 min walk • The Lafayette Library and Learning Center is a library and learning center in Lafayette, California that opened in 2009. The Lafayette Library and Learning Center is also home to the Glenn Seaborg Learning Consortium, a partnership with the region’s leading arts, culture, and educational institutions.