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Crutch

Crutch from directly overhead

Crutch is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Verdugo Peak stands 952 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is DOT Meter, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1998
Getting there

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Coordinates34.03684, -118.43438

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
  • Sara Berman Greenway: 0.3 mi
  • Motor Avenue Urban Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Ishihara Park Learning Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Airport Avenue Demonstration Gardens: 1.6 mi
  • Oak Landscaping: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Parks
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
  • Baldwin Hills: 3.3 mi
  • Goat Peak (High Point): 6.2 mi
  • Castellammare Mesa: 7.2 mi
  • Briar Summit: 7.2 mi
  • Green Peak: 7.4 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 36
  • Lake Side: 4.1 mi
  • Garden Grove: 4.2 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 4.2 mi
  • Common Grounds: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Central: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 21
Waterfalls: 21
  • Temescal Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 19.8 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 19.8 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 20.0 mi
Springs: 12
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 1.5 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 9.2 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Malibu Bluffs: 15.4 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.9 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 22.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 9.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 23.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Crutch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Verdugo PeakNE 36°951.6 m15.2 mi
Saddle PeakWNW 283°851 m12.9 mi
Tongva PeakNE 42°803 m14.9 mi
Chatsworth PeakNW 322°692 m19.3 mi
Calabasas PeakWNW 293°657 m13.5 mi
Temescal PeakWNW 304°648 m8.2 mi
SugarloafN 9°630 m19.1 mi
McAuley PeakW 278°625 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3220:09
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759606366697069666157
Precip in3.33.32.10.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Monica Muni AP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7237389506

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