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Kaizuka Meditation Garden

Kaizuka Meditation Garden from directly overhead

Kaizuka Meditation Garden is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Mount Lukens stands 1,547 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 9.3 miles off.

Garden at Culver City Julian Dixon Library, installed in partnership between the sister cities of Culver City and Kaizuka, Japan. The rocks, lanterns, waterwheel, bridge, and other objects originated in Japan, and the trees and plants were grown locally.

The record

What the record says

Built
1974
Material
lanterns,_waterwheel,_bridge,_rocks,_trees,_shrubs,_and_flowers
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.00750, -118.39715

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Kaizuka Meditation Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Culver City Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Doris' Japanese Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Motor Avenue Urban Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 1.9 mi
Artworks
  • Postcards from Ballona: 0.0 mi
  • Emerald Rings: 0.1 mi
  • Tree of Life: 0.4 mi
  • Piece of Berlin Wall: 0.5 mi
  • Film Strip USA: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Parks
Museums
Attractions
  • Sony Pictures Studio Tour: 0.7 mi
  • Jeanne French's Car: 1.0 mi
  • LMU: 2.7 mi
  • Spirit of Santa Monica: 2.9 mi
  • Urbanscape: 3.0 mi
Peaks
  • Baldwin Hills: 1.1 mi
  • Briar Summit: 8.4 mi
  • Olive Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Maltman peak: 8.7 mi
  • Goat Peak (High Point): 9.0 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 34
  • Lake Side: 1.5 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 1.5 mi
  • Garden Grove: 1.6 mi
  • Picnic Central: 1.6 mi
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
Beaches: 21
Waterfalls: 20
  • Temescal Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 20.1 mi
  • Millard Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Ribbon Rocks Falls: 21.2 mi
Springs: 11
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 4.4 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 12.0 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 8.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Kaizuka Meditation Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LukensNNE 27°1,546.6 m20.2 mi
Verdugo PeakNNE 25°951.6 m15.8 mi
Wella's PeakNE 39°910 m20.8 mi
Saddle PeakWNW 288°851 m15.5 mi
Tongva PeakNNE 31°803 m15.3 mi
Calabasas PeakWNW 296°657 m16.3 mi
Temescal PeakNW 306°648 m11.1 mi
McAuley PeakWNW 284°625 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575860626468717170676157
Precip in3.33.52.20.60.40.10.00.00.10.60.92.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Culver City, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11887495897

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