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Altadena Community Garden

Altadena Community Garden from directly overhead

Altadena Community Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 394 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north-northeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Unincorporated Mural, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 3.8 miles off.

Former site of Mt. Lowe Academy military school

How to reach it

Coordinates34.20082, -118.15840

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Unincorporated Mural: 0.2 mi
  • Williamson Gallery: 2.7 mi
  • Student Gallery: 2.7 mi
  • The Birds and Trees of Komitas: 4.4 mi
  • Fork in the Road: 4.8 mi
Gardens
  • Marcy's Vegetable Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Marcy's Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Bev's Vegetable Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Bev's Native Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Food Garden: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
Parks
Peaks
Attractions
Picnic sites: 47
Springs: 37
  • Not Much of a Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Baughman Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Doe Spring: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 25
Cliffs: 4
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 3.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.2 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 11.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Altadena Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakNNE 21°1,879 m6.1 mi
San Gabriel PeakNE 49°1,878 m4.5 mi
Mount DisappointmentNE 44°1,819 m4.4 mi
Mount LawlorNNE 33°1,807 m5.7 mi
Vetter MountainNE 48°1,783 m10.0 mi
Mount DeceptionNE 37°1,767 m4.2 mi
Mount MarkhamNE 54°1,746 m4.2 mi
Mount WilsonENE 74°1,737 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5616:0916:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575861636671767776706256
Precip in4.55.23.01.10.50.20.10.00.20.81.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pasadena, 4 mi away.

  • Western Fence Lizard1,266 obs
  • laurel sumac930 obs
  • California Buckwheat923 obs
  • California Tree Frog835 obs
  • Western Toad782 obs
  • Pacific poison oak686 obs
  • California sagebrush624 obs
  • Sacred Datura621 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/71187557

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