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California Landscape, Variation 3

California Landscape, Variation 3 from directly overhead

California Landscape, Variation 3 is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Mount Lowe stands 1,699 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is California Landscape, Variation 4, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 7.3 miles off.

Gonzales-Day's photographic glazed tiles depict a pure unaltered landscape full of optimism and possibility. They might also suggest a dreamscape of quiet, calm and purity on which the viewer might play out his or her hopes for a better tomorrow.

The record

What the record says

Built
2007
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.96353, -118.29133

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Gardens
  • Heart of Watts Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Exposition Park Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Hummingbird Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Grove: 5.1 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Baldwin Hills: 6.4 mi
  • Maltman peak: 8.6 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 9.0 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 9.1 mi
  • Olive Hill: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 38
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Central: 5.3 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 5.5 mi
  • Garden Grove: 5.5 mi
  • Lake Side: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 24
  • Temescal Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 18.2 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 19.4 mi
  • Ribbon Rocks Falls: 19.6 mi
Beaches: 19
Springs: 5
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 11.1 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 18.0 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 22.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 6.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of California Landscape, Variation 3. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LoweNNE 30°1,699 m21.3 mi
Mount LukensN 8°1,546.6 m21.3 mi
Mount YaleNE 38°1,451 m21.1 mi
Muir PeakNNE 32°1,427 m20.5 mi
Brown MountainNNE 24°1,363 m20.6 mi
West FujiNNE 32°1,121.969 m20.0 mi
Jones PeakNE 41°1,029 m20.6 mi
Lookout PointNE 41°987 m21.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585960626567717272686358
Precip in2.73.01.70.60.30.00.00.00.20.50.72.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hawthorne Muni AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/11887461868

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