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Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at CSULB

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Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at CSULB is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. San Juan Hill stands 543 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Whaley Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 21 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates33.78519, -118.11979

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Whaley Park: 0.2 mi
  • Whaley Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bouton Creek Park: 0.5 mi
  • Los Altos Plaza Park: 0.7 mi
  • Los Altos Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
  • Lyman Lough Fountain: 0.3 mi
  • Go Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Go Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Carillon Tower: 0.5 mi
  • Sculpture: 2.1 mi
Gardens
  • Patients' Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Turnaround: 0.5 mi
  • Back Patio: 0.9 mi
  • Native Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Secret Garden: 0.9 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Bob Lemon Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Ashlee Armond Bench: 1.3 mi
  • Lone Sailor commemorative: 2.7 mi
  • WWII Submarine Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Fly DC Jets (historic sign): 3.1 mi
Attractions
  • Red Car Greenbelt: 1.4 mi
  • Grand Prix of Long Beach Podium: 4.0 mi
  • Grand Prix of Long Beach Finish Line: 4.2 mi
  • The Queen Mary Ship: 4.6 mi
  • Laura Trelstad: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves: 53
  • Marine Stadium Reserve: 1.3 mi
  • Jack Dunster Marine Biological Reserve: 1.6 mi
  • Gull Park: 6.4 mi
  • Least Tern Site: 8.8 mi
  • Dominguez Nature Preserve: 9.8 mi
Peaks: 38
  • Signal Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Landing Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Cascade Peak: 11.6 mi
  • West Coyote Hills: 11.6 mi
  • Big Thunder Mountain: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 26
  • Mother's Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • Day Camp: 14.9 mi
  • Sunset Ridge Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
Beaches: 16
Waterfalls: 6
  • Washout Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 11.6 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Historic Dam: 20.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 22.6 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Tomato Spring: 24.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at CSULB. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Juan HillENE 68°543 m23.6 mi
Gilman PeakENE 64°514 m21.9 mi
Andersen BumpENE 67°482 m23.3 mi
San Pedro HillWSW 258°449 m12.7 mi
Puente HillsNE 48°435 m17.4 mi
Workman HillNNE 25°424 m15.8 mi
Ridgecrest HillW 265°402 m14.8 mi
Buzzard PeakNE 39°402 m24.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:04
June solstice05:4319:3020:07
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5416:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575860636669737473686257
Precip in2.93.01.60.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.82.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Beach Daugherty AP, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel646 obs
  • Mallard517 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron394 obs
  • Snowy Egret391 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard327 obs
  • Black Phoebe289 obs
  • Mourning Dove225 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant221 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/292388358

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