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Convento

Convento from directly overhead

Convento is an attraction in California, at a recorded elevation of 309 m. Iron Mountain stands 1,718 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Fray Fermín de Francisco Lasuén, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

building in Los Angeles, California, United States

Wikidata Q5166334, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built
1939
Height
11.4 m
Elevation
309.1 m
Material
adobe
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.27297, -118.46215

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Memory Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Kinesthetics: 0.9 mi
  • Las Palmas Park: 1.1 mi
  • Casa de López: 1.2 mi
  • El Paseo de San Fernando: 1.3 mi
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 2.8 mi
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 4.6 mi
  • Workaholics -- The House: 5.9 mi
  • The Japanese Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Abandoned Oil Rigs: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Picnic sites: 50
  • Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Wagon Tracks: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
  • Tumbleweeds: 8.1 mi
  • Wishing Tree Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
Springs: 32
  • Los Pinetos Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 8.1 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 6.7 mi
  • Trail Canyon Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 16.2 mi
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 4.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 5.2 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 5.4 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 17.6 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 18.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 19.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Convento. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Iron MountainENE 68°1,717.5 m14.3 mi
Condor PeakENE 75°1,658 m14.3 mi
Mount LukensE 91°1,546.6 m12.7 mi
Condor PointENE 76°1,538.3 m13.5 mi
Fox MountainE 79°1,534 m15.3 mi
Mount McKinleyENE 68°1,497 m12.2 mi
Magic MountainNE 44°1,477 m10.9 mi
Mendenhall PeakENE 58°1,413.1 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4319:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5716:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575760636772777876696256
Precip in3.43.92.40.70.40.10.00.00.10.60.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northridge CAL State, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/430342926

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