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Funkmeyer New Reality Garden

Funkmeyer New Reality Garden from directly overhead

Funkmeyer New Reality Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Mount Lowe stands 1,699 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Genesee Avenue Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 6.9 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Otis and Jenny Funkmeyer
Step-free access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates34.03979, -118.36695

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Artworks
  • California Dreaming Wall: 1.1 mi
  • Helms Coach Gone A Rye: 1.2 mi
  • Old Growth New/Now: 1.4 mi
  • Walk a mile in my shoes: 1.4 mi
  • Love Wall: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Baldwin Hills: 1.7 mi
  • Olive Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Briar Summit: 6.0 mi
  • Maltman peak: 6.0 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 6.6 mi
Gardens
  • Pleistocene Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Doris' Japanese Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Grove: 2.2 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Hummingbird Garden: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 39
  • Lake Side: 2.1 mi
  • Garden Grove: 2.1 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 2.2 mi
  • Picnic Central: 2.3 mi
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Temescal Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 17.3 mi
  • Millard Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Ribbon Rocks Falls: 18.4 mi
Beaches: 21
Springs: 13
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 5.2 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 11.2 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Malibu Bluffs: 19.2 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 19.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 5.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Funkmeyer New Reality Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LoweNE 48°1,699 m20.0 mi
Mount LukensNNE 25°1,546.6 m17.4 mi
Muir PeakNE 51°1,427 m19.4 mi
Brown MountainNE 43°1,363 m18.5 mi
Hoyt MountainNE 34°1,346 m19.2 mi
West FujiNE 52°1,121.969 m18.9 mi
Echo MountainNE 50°968 m18.4 mi
Verdugo PeakNNE 22°951.6 m13.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575860626468717170676157
Precip in3.33.52.20.60.40.10.00.00.10.60.92.5

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

  • Western Honey Bee809 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel515 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard503 obs
  • Monarch447 obs
  • Milk Snail262 obs
  • Desert Cottontail250 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk243 obs
  • Arizona Mantis230 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 node/3659354357

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