Welcome Friends
Welcome Friends is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. Mount Markham stands 1,746 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Kennedy Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- steel
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kennedy Park: 0.2 mi
- Lee & Erika Owens Park: 0.5 mi
- Laurel Park: 0.5 mi
- Michigan Park: 0.6 mi
- Friends Park: 0.7 mi
- The Arch: 0.3 mi
- The Water Sculpture: 0.9 mi
- Flukes: 1.0 mi
- Crab Louis: 1.1 mi
- The Dress: 1.2 mi
- Whittier Museum: 1.2 mi
- Hathaway Ranch Museum: 3.3 mi
- Sproul Museum: 4.4 mi
- Hargitt House Museum: 4.9 mi
- McDonald's Museum: 5.0 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Workman Hill: 2.6 mi
- Whittier Hill: 2.9 mi
- West Coyote Hills: 5.3 mi
- Montebello Hills: 5.9 mi
- West Coyote Hills: 6.3 mi
- Garden of the Innocent: 2.9 mi
- Mystic Garden: 3.1 mi
- Imperial Gardens: 3.1 mi
- Pinewood Urn Garden: 3.3 mi
- Fountain Urn Gardens: 3.5 mi
- LA-14 Nike Missile Site: 3.9 mi
- Freedom Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Valley View Farms Business Center Plaque: 4.1 mi
- Valley View Farms History Tour Marker: 4.1 mi
- Norwalk Square: 5.1 mi
- M3 Lee: 6.3 mi
- M3 Lee: 6.3 mi
- Apollo Boilerplate 12: 6.5 mi
- Little India: 7.5 mi
- Citadel Outlets: 7.5 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Hidden Valley: 6.1 mi
- Creekside: 6.2 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 11.2 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 12.3 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 12.4 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 12.5 mi
- Washout Falls: 12.5 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 12.6 mi
- Mother's Beach: 15.0 mi
- Long Beach City Beach: 15.9 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 18.6 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 20.6 mi
- Huntington City Beach: 21.6 mi
- Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 14.6 mi
- McDermont Spring: 17.1 mi
- Big Cienega Spring: 18.4 mi
- Fern Springs: 20.5 mi
- Doe Spring: 23.4 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 21.5 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 24.2 mi
- Spa Palace: 15.0 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Welcome Friends. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Markham | NNW 349° | 1,746 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Wilson | N 355° | 1,737 m | 18.1 mi |
| Occidental Peak | N 351° | 1,736 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Lowe | NNW 347° | 1,699 m | 19.0 mi |
| Monrovia Peak | NNE 12° | 1,649 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Harvard | N 354° | 1,640 m | 17.4 mi |
| Rankin Peak | N 11° | 1,606 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mount Yale | N 354° | 1,451 m | 16.8 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 | 19:30 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:09 | 16:48 |
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 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 62 | 57 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fullerton Muni AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8072606808
Day trips start here
- Whittier · 1 mi
- Santa Fe Springs · 3 mi
- Hacienda Heights · 4 mi
- La Mirada · 4 mi
- Pico Rivera · 4 mi
- La Habra · 5 mi
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