The Graben
The Graben is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 94 m. Black Jack Mountain stands 596 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Portuguese Bend Whaling Station, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 23 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
A large sinkhole here caused by landslide in the area. This is commonly used by news groups for tours and for data tracking.
How to reach it
- 23.1 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Portuguese Bend Whaling Station: 0.3 mi
- Marilyn Ryan: 0.6 mi
- George F. Canyon: 2.2 mi
- Point Vicente Park: 2.9 mi
- Battery Barnes 240: 3.0 mi
- Ladera Linda Park: 0.3 mi
- Marilyn Ryan Sunset Point Park: 0.6 mi
- Founders Park: 0.8 mi
- Del Cerro Park: 1.4 mi
- Shoreline Park: 1.5 mi
- Wayfarers Chapel: 1.3 mi
- Tiger Woods Point: 3.3 mi
- Battleship USS Iowa: 4.5 mi
- SS Lane Victory: 4.8 mi
- Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles: 8.8 mi
- Balancing Knowledge: 2.3 mi
- Teha: 3.0 mi
- Four Lines Oblique Gyratory- Square: 3.0 mi
- The Duchess of Alba: 3.0 mi
- Soller I: 3.0 mi
- George F. Canyon Nature Center: 2.8 mi
- Point Vicente Interpretive Center: 3.2 mi
- Fort MacArthur Museum: 3.9 mi
- Western Museum of Flight: 4.4 mi
- Lomita Railroad Museum: 4.6 mi
- She-Oak Meadow: 3.0 mi
- Desert Garden: 3.0 mi
- Pollination Garden: 3.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.1 mi
- Garden of the Senses: 3.1 mi
- Forrestal Reserve: 0.3 mi
- Portuguese Bend Reserve: 0.7 mi
- Ocean Trails Reserve: 1.2 mi
- Abalone Cove Reserve: 1.2 mi
- Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve: 1.3 mi
- San Pedro Hill: 1.2 mi
- Ridgecrest Hill: 2.1 mi
- Signal Hill: 11.8 mi
- Landing Hill: 15.0 mi
- Baldwin Hills: 19.3 mi
- Royal Palms County Beach: 2.2 mi
- Cabrillo Beach: 4.6 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 6.6 mi
- Long Beach City Beach: 10.9 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 12.5 mi
- Day Camp: 6.3 mi
- Lakeside Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Washington Park Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Mother's Beach: 13.6 mi
- Common Grounds: 16.8 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 21.9 mi
- Torqua Spring: 24.5 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 2.1 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 4.2 mi
- Spa Palace: 22.5 mi
- Temescal Falls: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Graben. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Jack Mountain | S 186° | 596 m | 24.5 mi |
| Silver Peak | SSW 213° | 550 m | 22.9 mi |
| Fletcher | S 185° | 454 m | 23.4 mi |
| San Pedro Hill | ENE 68° | 449 m | 1.2 mi |
| Slide 2 | SSW 214° | 419 m | 23.3 mi |
| Mount Torquemada | SSW 204° | 407.2 m | 23.1 mi |
| Ridgecrest Hill | NW 326° | 402 m | 2.1 mi |
| Whitleys Peak | S 182° | 393 m | 25.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:11 | 16:50 |
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 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 66 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Torrance AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13800472802
Day trips start here
- Gardena · 11 mi
- Hawthorne · 12 mi
- Long Beach · 12 mi
- Compton · 13 mi
- Seal Beach · 14 mi
- Inglewood · 15 mi
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