Franklin Canyon Ride

Franklin Canyon is an unincorporated community located outside Martinez, California in Contra Costa County. It is named for San Francisco pioneer Edward Franklin who came to California from England in 1849 for the California Gold Rush. The canyon lies adjacent to Franklin Ridge, which ends at Mount Wanda, and the Franklin Hills area.

Glen Frazer, formerly known as Frazerville, is an unincorporated farming community in Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is located 8 miles (13 km) north of Orinda, at an elevation of 295 feet (90 m). It was the name of the train station used by the Santa Fe Railroad (formerly, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad).

Muir is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad 8 miles (13 km) north-northeast of Orinda, at an elevation of 118 feet (36 m).

The John Muir National Historic Site is located in the San Francisco Bay Area, in Martinez, Contra Costa County, California. It preserves the 14-room Italianate Victorian mansion where the naturalist and writer John Muir lived, as well as a nearby 325-acre (132 ha) tract of native oak woodlands and grasslands historically owned by the Muir family.