Five Minimalist Poems
Five Minimalist Poems is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 172 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Michillinda Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 4.3 miles off.
Four poems from artist and poet Aram Saroyan are engraved in concrete throughout the pathways of this park. To celebrate -five minimalist poems- by Aram Saroyan etched in the concrete walkway.
What the record says
- Built
- 2018-08-11
- Material
- etched_concrete
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Michillinda Park: 0.0 mi
- Hugo Reid Park: 0.6 mi
- Tripolis Park: 0.6 mi
- Eaton Blanche Park: 0.9 mi
- Fairview Avenue Park: 1.1 mi
- Avocado Grove: 0.9 mi
- Ficus Collection: 0.9 mi
- Engelmann Oak Grove: 1.0 mi
- Tropical Bowl: 1.0 mi
- Temperate Asia: 1.0 mi
- Coach Barn: 1.1 mi
- Reid-Baldwin Adobe: 1.2 mi
- Queen Anne Cottage: 1.2 mi
- Sierra Madre Memorial Cannon: 2.3 mi
- Rose Hill Foundation Conservatory: 2.5 mi
- A Dawn in the West: 1.4 mi
- Michael White Adobe: 1.7 mi
- Sierra Madre Memorial Wall: 2.2 mi
- The Celebration Garden: 2.3 mi
- Lion Dogs: 2.6 mi
- Gilb Museum Of Arcadia Heritage: 1.6 mi
- Huntington Library Exhibition Hall: 2.4 mi
- Flora-Legium / Banta Hall: 2.5 mi
- Scott Gallery of American Art: 2.5 mi
- Japanese Heritage Shōya House: 2.6 mi
- Centennial Mural: 2.1 mi
- Mars: 2.4 mi
- Female Figure: 2.4 mi
- Orpheus and Eurydice: 2.4 mi
- Allegorical Figure: 2.4 mi
- Jones Peak: 4.0 mi
- Grace Hill: 4.6 mi
- Lookout Point: 4.7 mi
- Oneonta Knoll: 5.0 mi
- Mount Yale: 5.1 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 4.3 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Art Center Food Garden: 7.1 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 7.9 mi
- Doe Spring: 12.3 mi
- Fern Springs: 13.3 mi
- Not Much of a Spring: 13.5 mi
- Silk Tassel Spring: 13.6 mi
- Big Cienega Spring: 14.8 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 1.0 mi
- Bailey Canyon Falls: 3.3 mi
- Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 4.9 mi
- Hermit Falls: 5.2 mi
- Ribbon Rocks Falls: 5.9 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 10.0 mi
- Spa Palace: 12.5 mi
- Mother's Beach: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Five Minimalist Poems. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Peak | NNW 345° | 1,879 m | 10.9 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | NNW 348° | 1,878 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | NNW 346° | 1,819 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Lawlor | N 349° | 1,807 m | 9.8 mi |
| Vetter Mountain | NNE 12° | 1,783 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mount Deception | NNW 343° | 1,767 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Mooney | NNE 17° | 1,761 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Markham | NNW 348° | 1,746 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 62 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Gabriel Fire Dept, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11887454542
Day trips start here
- Arcadia · 2 mi
- San Marino · 2 mi
- San Gabriel · 3 mi
- Monrovia · 4 mi
- Pasadena · 4 mi
- Rosemead · 4 mi
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