- Elevation, modelled
- 109 m
- Tallest summit within 16.9 miles
- San Gabriel Peak1,878 m · 15.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 11010.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:07local time
- Coordinates
- 34.0354, -117.9932
Bridge Railing is a artwork in California, at a modelled 109 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Avenue Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 11 miles off.
Sculptor Al Price found inspiration in the local history of La Puente. According to legend, Don Gaspar de Portola arrived in the area in 1769 and named the region Llana de la Puente meaning Plain of the Bridge, after making a bridge of poles so his party
- Built
- 2012
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Bridge Railing. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Gabriel Peak | NNW 337° | 1,878 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | NNW 336° | 1,819 m | 15.9 mi |
| Mount Deception | NNW 335° | 1,767 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Markham | NNW 336° | 1,746 m | 15.2 mi |
| Mount Wilson | NNW 343° | 1,737 m | 13.6 mi |
| Occidental Peak | NNW 339° | 1,736 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mount Lowe | NNW 335° | 1,699 m | 15.0 mi |
| Monrovia Peak | N 6° | 1,649 m | 12.4 mi |
- 10.6 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Avenue Park: 0.0 mi
- Avocado Heights Park: 0.3 mi
- San Angelo Park: 1.2 mi
- Bassett Park: 1.2 mi
- Orange Grove Park: 1.6 mi
- Avocado Heights Oak Tree Memorial: 0.3 mi
- LA-14 Nike Missile Site: 1.7 mi
- School Seal: 6.2 mi
- A Dawn in the West: 7.3 mi
- Nike Missile LA-29 IFC Site: 7.9 mi
- San Angelo Landscape: 1.1 mi
- Circles of a Ripple: 1.7 mi
- The Garden Gate: 4.4 mi
- Red Rascal: 4.5 mi
- Flukes: 4.6 mi
- Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum: 1.9 mi
- In-N-Out Burger Museum: 2.5 mi
- Rowland House (historical): 2.7 mi
- Rowland & Dibble Museum: 2.7 mi
- El Monte Historical Museum: 3.2 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Bosque del Rio Hondo Natural Area: 4.3 mi
- Dawn Terrace: 2.1 mi
- Admiration Terrace: 2.1 mi
- Imperial Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Mystic Garden: 2.5 mi
- Mission View Urn Gardens: 2.5 mi
- Whittier Hill: 2.6 mi
- Workman Hill: 3.1 mi
- Montebello Hills: 5.9 mi
- Puente Hills: 7.9 mi
- Buzzard Peak: 8.3 mi
- M3 Lee: 4.1 mi
- M3 Lee: 4.2 mi
- Misión San Gabriel Archángel: 7.8 mi
- Reid-Baldwin Adobe: 8.0 mi
- Coach Barn: 8.1 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
- Creekside: 5.1 mi
- Hidden Valley: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 5.8 mi
- Big Cienega Spring: 13.3 mi
- Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 13.7 mi
- Fern Springs: 15.0 mi
- McDermont Spring: 16.5 mi
- Doe Spring: 18.3 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 8.1 mi
- Bailey Canyon Falls: 10.6 mi
- Fish Canyon Falls: 10.8 mi
- Hermit Falls: 10.8 mi
- Sturtevant Falls: 12.3 mi
- Mother's Beach: 20.5 mi
- Long Beach City Beach: 21.3 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 23.8 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 17.9 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 24.7 mi
- Spa Palace: 15.9 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 24.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:30 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Day trips start here
- Baldwin Park · 3 mi
- El Monte · 3 mi
- Hacienda Heights · 3 mi
- San Gabriel Valley · 5 mi
- West Covina · 5 mi
- Whittier · 5 mi
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