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Red Sun

Red Sun from directly overhead

Red Sun is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Echo Mountain stands 968 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Mexico, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 12 miles off.

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The record

What the record says

Built
1970-1979
Material
metal
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.89995, -118.32674

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

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Historic sites
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Nature reserves
Gardens
Peaks
Picnic sites: 30
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
  • Washington Park Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Day Camp: 5.6 mi
  • Common Grounds: 7.3 mi
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 20
Waterfalls: 18
  • Temescal Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 22.7 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 24.2 mi
  • Washout Falls: 24.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 12.5 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 11.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Red Sun. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Echo MountainNNE 29°968 m24.5 mi
Verdugo PeakN 7°951.6 m21.9 mi
Saddle PeakWNW 303°851 m22.5 mi
Tongva PeakN 11°803 m20.9 mi
Calabasas PeakNW 308°657 m23.7 mi
Temescal PeakNW 317°648 m19.1 mi
San Vicente MountainNW 326°598 m19.1 mi
Eagle RockNW 316°596 m20.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4419:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5516:1116:49

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/11887409813

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