Cottonwood Urban Farm
Cottonwood Urban Farm is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 247 m. Iron Mountain stands 1,718 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Branford Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 15 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Cottonwood Urban Farm
- Access
- Customers only
How to reach it
- 15.1 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Branford Park: 0.7 mi
- Panorama Park: 0.8 mi
- Bellaire Avenue Park: 1.0 mi
- Sheldon Arleta Park: 1.2 mi
- Tujunga Spreading Grounds Community Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Future Memories: 1.6 mi
- Kobe mural: 2.1 mi
- Our Lady of Peace: 2.5 mi
- Aztec Solar Calendar: 2.6 mi
- Untitled: 2.8 mi
- Tree Disguise: 1.9 mi
- Tree Disguise: 1.9 mi
- Chapel of the Cross Lutheran: 3.0 mi
- Camino Real Bell: 3.9 mi
- San Fernando Mission: 3.9 mi
- MHCC Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Elmer Ave Green Street: 3.1 mi
- Welcome Garden: 4.0 mi
- Native Garden: 4.0 mi
- Children's Garden: 4.0 mi
- Workaholics -- The House: 3.0 mi
- Convento: 3.9 mi
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 4.0 mi
- The Japanese Garden: 4.1 mi
- Ralph Prator Fountain: 6.0 mi
- Discovery Cube Science Center: 4.0 mi
- Valley Relics Museum: 4.1 mi
- Casa de López: 4.2 mi
- Los Encinos State Historic Park: 5.9 mi
- Nethercutt Museum: 6.2 mi
- SMMC Open Space: 4.7 mi
- Deervale-Stone Canyon Park: 5.8 mi
- Tujunga Ponds Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.9 mi
- Fossil Ridge Park: 6.1 mi
- Oak Forest Canyon Natural Area: 6.1 mi
- La Tuna Peak: 5.2 mi
- Sugarloaf: 6.5 mi
- Briar Summit: 7.5 mi
- Limerock Peak: 7.7 mi
- Kagel Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Wishing Tree Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Mineral Wells Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Amir's Garden Picnic Site: 9.5 mi
- 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Captain's Roost: 9.8 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 6.0 mi
- Fascination Spring: 7.7 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 7.7 mi
- Barrel Spring: 9.2 mi
- Los Pinetos Spring: 9.4 mi
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 10.5 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 12.0 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 12.1 mi
- Temescal Falls: 12.4 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 14.2 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 14.6 mi
- Palisades Beach: 14.6 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 14.8 mi
- Topanga County Beach: 15.4 mi
- Mother's Beach: 16.8 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.4 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.6 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 15.8 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 20.5 mi
- Spa Palace: 14.7 mi
- Mentryville: 15.0 mi
- Coba Arch: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Cottonwood Urban Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mountain | NE 53° | 1,717.5 m | 14.3 mi |
| Condor Peak | ENE 59° | 1,658 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Lukens | ENE 74° | 1,546.6 m | 11.3 mi |
| Condor Point | ENE 59° | 1,538.3 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount McKinley | NE 49° | 1,497 m | 12.3 mi |
| Magic Mountain | NNE 27° | 1,477 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mendenhall Peak | NE 37° | 1,413.1 m | 10.9 mi |
| May Peak | N 360° | 1,203 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:10 | 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 | 57 | 57 | 61 | 63 | 68 | 72 | 78 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — VAN Nuys AP, 4 mi away.
- Mourning Dove139 obs
- Western Honey Bee122 obs
- Gray Bird Grasshopper112 obs
- Monarch102 obs
- Northern Mockingbird90 obs
- House Finch87 obs
- Convergent Lady Beetle80 obs
- Guinea Paper Wasp74 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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1492117788
Day trips start here
- San Fernando Valley · 2 mi
- North Valley · 3 mi
- Van Nuys · 3 mi
- North Hollywood · 5 mi
- Sherman Oaks · 5 mi
- Studio City · 5 mi
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