Welcome to Walnut Creek
With approximately 70,000 residents, Walnut Creek serves as a hub to neighboring cities with its accessibility to BART, active downtown, and entertainment venues.
Recently renovated Broadway Plaza boasts myriad restaurants, extensive high-end retail stores and boutiques. Spend an afternoon people watching by the fountain or enjoy dining al fresco in the open-air shopping district.
Walnut Creek owns more open space per capita than any other community in California. There are 1,800 acres of hillsides, ridge lines, and park sites to explore, including access to Mount Diablo Regional Park. There are a variety of other attractions as well, from Civic Park offering outdoor skating in the winter, to Heather Farm Park, Boundary Oak Golf Course, Ruth Bancroft Garden, and Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation.