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Garden of the Associates

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Garden of the Associates from directly overhead

Garden of the Associates is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 232 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Throop Memorial Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 1.3 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates34.13748, -118.12516

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Boone Sculpture Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Love for the Lotus Pavillion: 0.8 mi
  • Terrace of the Jade Mirror: 0.8 mi
  • Hall of the Jade Camellia: 0.8 mi
  • Freshwater Pavillion: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Museums
  • Flora-Legium / Banta Hall: 0.8 mi
  • Japanese Heritage Shōya House: 0.9 mi
  • Scott Gallery of American Art: 0.9 mi
  • Huntington Library Exhibition Hall: 1.0 mi
  • USC Pacific Asia Museum: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 43
  • Art Center Food Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Sycamore Glen: 4.9 mi
  • Arcadia Wilderness Park: 6.6 mi
  • Paul Little: 7.5 mi
Springs: 37
  • Not Much of a Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Doe Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Baughman Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Beaches: 3
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 8.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 10.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Garden of the Associates. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakN 2°1,879 m10.1 mi
San Gabriel PeakNNE 12°1,878 m7.5 mi
Mount DisappointmentN 9°1,819 m7.6 mi
Mount LawlorN 8°1,807 m9.3 mi
Mount DeceptionN 4°1,767 m7.7 mi
Mount MarkhamNNE 12°1,746 m7.0 mi
Mount WilsonNNE 31°1,737 m7.0 mi
Occidental PeakNNE 19°1,736 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:05
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:0916:48

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, 1 mi away.

  • Red-crowned Amazon2,503 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard1,337 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel1,107 obs
  • Yellow-headed Amazon1,088 obs
  • Red-whiskered Bulbul662 obs
  • Western Honey Bee613 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco476 obs
  • Mourning Dove433 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/1192252533

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