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Veterans Garden

Veterans Garden from directly overhead

Veterans Garden is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,737 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Adventure Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2015
Material
basalt,_concrete,_bronze,_steel_and_gingko_trees
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.92954, -118.02933

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Adventure Park: 1.0 mi
  • Amelia Mayberry Park: 1.2 mi
  • Gardenhill Park: 1.3 mi
  • Frontier Park: 1.4 mi
  • Oak Creek Park: 1.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Upper Campus Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • 5th Grade Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Cerritos Sculpture Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Garden of the Innocent: 5.1 mi
  • Mystic Garden: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • West Coyote Hills: 3.6 mi
  • Workman Hill: 4.5 mi
  • West Coyote Hills: 4.9 mi
  • Whittier Hill: 5.0 mi
  • East Coyote Hills: 7.8 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 49
  • Hidden Valley: 6.9 mi
  • Creekside: 7.0 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Schweitzer Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Washout Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 10.5 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 14.7 mi
Beaches: 16
Springs: 7
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 14.4 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Fern Springs: 22.5 mi
  • Horsetrough Spring: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 16.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Veterans Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilsonN 355°1,737 m20.4 mi
Monrovia PeakN 10°1,649 m19.9 mi
Mount HarvardN 355°1,640 m19.7 mi
Rankin PeakN 9°1,606 m19.5 mi
Mount YaleN 354°1,451 m19.1 mi
Muir PeakNNW 348°1,427 m20.2 mi
Clamshell PeakN 5°1,338 m18.9 mi
West FujiNNW 347°1,121.969 m19.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3020:07
September equinox06:4118:1718:50
December solstice06:5416:0916:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585961646771757775696257
Precip in2.83.01.70.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.71.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fullerton Muni AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/11887439615

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