Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round
Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round is an attraction in California, at a recorded elevation of 155 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Park Center, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 4.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 6.7 m
- Elevation
- 154.9 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beacon Hill: 0.5 mi
- Bee Rock: 0.6 mi
- Glendale Peak: 0.6 mi
- Taco Peak: 0.9 mi
- Mount Hollywood: 1.0 mi
- North Atwater Park: 0.6 mi
- Chevy Chase Park: 1.0 mi
- Bond Park: 1.1 mi
- Pacific Park: 1.1 mi
- Neil Papiano Play Park: 1.3 mi
- Ritschel Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Boys' Camp Abandoned Pool: 0.9 mi
- Joe & Sally Goldman Memorials: 1.1 mi
- 2005 Glendale train crash Memorial: 1.3 mi
- William Mulholland Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Amir's Garden: 0.8 mi
- Dante's View: 0.9 mi
- Cycad Garden: 1.1 mi
- Palmer Park Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Armstrong Native Garden: 2.6 mi
- Bird Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- Lake Hollywood Open Space: 3.0 mi
- Hillpark Open Space: 3.5 mi
- Polygon Open Space: 3.8 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 4.0 mi
- Griffith Park Train Rides: 1.0 mi
- Haunted Picnic Table 29: 1.4 mi
- Hollywood Sign: 2.2 mi
- Samuel-Novarro House: 2.2 mi
- Wisdom Tree: 2.8 mi
- Autry Museum of the American West: 1.1 mi
- Autry Museum of the American West: 1.1 mi
- Children's Discovery Center: 1.1 mi
- Griffith Observatory: 1.4 mi
- Museum of Neon Art: 1.8 mi
- Solar System: 1.4 mi
- Rebel Without a Cause Monument: 1.4 mi
- Giant Ball: 1.5 mi
- Gloriette R1: 2.1 mi
- The Diver: 2.2 mi
- Park Center: 0.1 mi
- Griffith Park Old Zoo: 0.3 mi
- Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
- Joe Klass Water Stop: 0.5 mi
- Amir's Garden Picnic Site: 0.8 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 11.1 mi
- Fascination Spring: 11.3 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 11.7 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 12.5 mi
- Indian Springs: 14.4 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 9.3 mi
- Millard Falls: 10.1 mi
- Royal Falls: 10.5 mi
- Ribbon Rocks Falls: 10.9 mi
- Moss Grotto Falls: 10.9 mi
- Mother's Beach: 14.4 mi
- Palisades Beach: 15.1 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 16.7 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 17.2 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 17.4 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 11.3 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.4 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.8 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.9 mi
- Spa Palace: 5.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Peak | NE 42° | 1,879 m | 14.0 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | NE 54° | 1,878 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | NE 52° | 1,819 m | 12.9 mi |
| Mount Lawlor | NE 47° | 1,807 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mount Deception | NE 50° | 1,767 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Markham | NE 56° | 1,746 m | 12.8 mi |
| Occidental Peak | ENE 58° | 1,736 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Lowe | NE 56° | 1,699 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:10 | 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 | 56 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 65 | 69 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 60 | 55 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Valley Pump PLT, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/422130706
Day trips start here
- Los Angeles/Northwest · 3 mi
- Burbank · 4 mi
- Glendale · 4 mi
- Los Angeles/Hollywood · 4 mi
- Universal City · 4 mi
- Los Angeles/Wilshire · 5 mi
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