The Century House
The Century House is an attraction in California, at a recorded elevation of 216 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Station Square Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 runs past it.
What the record says
- Height
- 8.7 m
- Elevation
- 216.2 m
How to reach it
- On the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Station Square Park: 0.1 mi
- South Pasadena Library Park: 0.2 mi
- Orange Grove Park: 0.2 mi
- Grevelia Pocket Park: 0.2 mi
- Legion Park: 0.5 mi
- South Pasadena Historic Museum: 0.1 mi
- Alhambra Historical Society Museum: 1.5 mi
- Los Angeles Police Museum: 1.8 mi
- Highland Park Ebell Club: 2.1 mi
- Norton Simon Museum of Art: 2.1 mi
- South Pasadena Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden: 0.8 mi
- Arlington Garden: 0.9 mi
- Wrigley Gardens: 1.6 mi
- Southwest Loop Garden: 1.7 mi
- Pee Wee's Big Adventure House: 0.7 mi
- Bird Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
- Colorado Street Bridge: 2.0 mi
- Old Pasadena Historic District: 2.0 mi
- The Big Bang Theory Rooftop: 2.1 mi
- Grace Hill: 0.8 mi
- Oneonta Knoll: 1.0 mi
- Poppy Peak: 1.7 mi
- Ernest E. Debs: 2.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 2.4 mi
- Former Residence (1980-1981) of the Honorable Barack H. Obama: 1.1 mi
- San Marino War Memorial: 2.1 mi
- George Smith Patton, Jr.: 2.1 mi
- Chicken Boy: 2.2 mi
- Pasadena Robinson Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Fork in the Road: 1.1 mi
- St. Francis: 1.7 mi
- The Organic Infrastructure of a Living Community: 2.2 mi
- Lion Dogs: 2.5 mi
- Lion Dogs: 2.5 mi
- Lower Arroyo Park: 1.6 mi
- Rose Hill Park: 2.9 mi
- Ascot Hills Park: 3.5 mi
- Elyria Canyon Park: 3.9 mi
- Polygon Open Space: 5.2 mi
- Sycamore Glen: 3.1 mi
- Art Center Food Garden: 4.0 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Joe Klass Water Stop: 7.2 mi
- Not Much of a Spring: 13.7 mi
- Silk Tassel Spring: 13.8 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 15.2 mi
- Fascination Spring: 15.4 mi
- Doe Spring: 15.5 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 6.0 mi
- Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 6.4 mi
- Ribbon Rocks Falls: 6.7 mi
- Moss Grotto Falls: 6.7 mi
- Grand Chasm Falls: 6.8 mi
- Mother's Beach: 19.6 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 21.0 mi
- Palisades Beach: 21.4 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 23.3 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 23.8 mi
- Spa Palace: 7.6 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 9.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of The Century House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Peak | N 10° | 1,879 m | 11.7 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | NNE 21° | 1,878 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | NNE 18° | 1,819 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Lawlor | NNE 16° | 1,807 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mount Deception | NNE 15° | 1,767 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Markham | NNE 22° | 1,746 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Wilson | NE 36° | 1,737 m | 9.2 mi |
| Occidental Peak | NNE 27° | 1,736 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 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 | 57 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 66 | 71 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pasadena, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/45887489
Day trips start here
- South Pasadena · 0 mi
- Alhambra · 3 mi
- San Gabriel · 3 mi
- San Marino · 3 mi
- Los Angeles/Eastside · 4 mi
- Monterey Park · 4 mi
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