Cactus Garden
Cactus Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 260 m. Verdugo Peak stands 952 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Fran and Ray Stark Sculpture Terrace, a garden 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 13 miles off.
How to reach it
- 12.8 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fran and Ray Stark Sculpture Terrace: 0.1 mi
- Central Garden: 0.1 mi
- Lower Terrace Sculpture Garden: 0.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 1.0 mi
- Martha's Garden: 1.3 mi
- The J. Paul Getty Museum: 0.1 mi
- UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame: 1.6 mi
- Birthplace of the Internet: 1.8 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs Cultural Center and Museum: 2.3 mi
- Skirball Cultural Center: 3.4 mi
- Boy with Frog: 0.2 mi
- L' Air: 0.2 mi
- That Profile: 0.2 mi
- Straus: 1.5 mi
- Angle wings: 1.5 mi
- LA City Open Space: 0.9 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Getty View Park: 1.5 mi
- Hilton Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Mandeville Canyon Park: 2.0 mi
- Veterans Barrington Park: 0.9 mi
- Barrington Recreation Center: 1.0 mi
- Weyburn Park Area: 1.5 mi
- Wilson Plaza: 1.6 mi
- Hannah Carter Japanese Garden: 1.7 mi
- fresh prince of bel air: 1.4 mi
- The Playboy Mansion: 2.5 mi
- Maison Johnny Halliday: 3.1 mi
- Rodeo Drive: 3.9 mi
- Big Olive Tree: 4.0 mi
- Bob Hope Veterans Chaple plaque: 1.5 mi
- Jackie Robinson Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Duke Ellington Memorial: 1.9 mi
- United Spanish War Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Napoleon Bonaparte: 2.0 mi
- Goat Peak (High Point): 3.4 mi
- San Vicente Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Green Peak: 4.4 mi
- Temescal Peak: 5.0 mi
- Gizmo Peak: 5.2 mi
- Lake Side: 7.4 mi
- Garden Grove: 7.5 mi
- Blue Lagoon: 7.5 mi
- Common Grounds: 7.6 mi
- Picnic Central: 7.7 mi
- Palisades Beach: 4.3 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 5.2 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 5.7 mi
- Mother's Beach: 6.6 mi
- Topanga County Beach: 6.7 mi
- Temescal Falls: 3.7 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 5.6 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 17.7 mi
- Escondido Falls (Lower): 17.7 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 20.1 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 2.3 mi
- Eagle Spring: 5.8 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 6.0 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 14.7 mi
- Hialeah Springs: 16.6 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 13.5 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 15.3 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 15.6 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 15.6 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 22.1 mi
- Spa Palace: 11.7 mi
- Coba Arch: 20.0 mi
- Mentryville: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Cactus Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verdugo Peak | NE 49° | 951.6 m | 14.6 mi |
| Saddle Peak | W 271° | 851 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mission Point | NNW 348° | 832 m | 16.7 mi |
| Tongva Peak | NE 56° | 803 m | 14.8 mi |
| Rocky Peak | NNW 328° | 797 m | 17.6 mi |
| Chatsworth Peak | NW 322° | 692 m | 15.8 mi |
| Calabasas Peak | WNW 284° | 657 m | 10.6 mi |
| Temescal Peak | WNW 292° | 648 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:11 | 16:49 |
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 | 59 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 66 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 68 | 64 | 58 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Getty CTR, under a mile away.
- Dark-eyed Junco1,668 obs
- Western Fence Lizard1,079 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel724 obs
- Western Honey Bee400 obs
- Garden Snail377 obs
- laurel sumac320 obs
- California Towhee287 obs
- Western Bluebird263 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/481417455
Day trips start here
- Los Angeles/West · 2 mi
- Beverly Hills · 4 mi
- Pacific Palisades · 4 mi
- Santa Monica · 4 mi
- Sherman Oaks · 5 mi
- Westside · 5 mi
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