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Gardens at Palmdale

Gardens at Palmdale from directly overhead

Gardens at Palmdale is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 86 m. Galileo Peak stands 1,273 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Washington Township Museum of Local History, a museum 0.5 miles away.

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Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.53639, -121.92240
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Reserved "A" Area: 2.2 mi
  • Dock Area: 2.3 mi
  • Brook 2 Area: 2.3 mi
  • Brook 1 Area: 2.3 mi
  • Kennedy Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Gardens
  • Leaf CR Stone Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Koomei George Kato Memorial Garden: 3.8 mi
  • LEAF Community Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Environmentally Sustainable Garden: 5.5 mi
Attractions
  • Niles: 4.2 mi
  • Fishing Pier (boating, swimming, dogs not allowed): 4.3 mi
  • Indian Joe Cave Rocks: 5.8 mi
  • W-Tree: 6.8 mi
  • The Patterson House: 7.1 mi
Nature reserves
Springs: 23
  • McClure Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 12.0 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Spring source: 20.3 mi
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 20.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • The Bluff: 9.1 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 11.6 mi
  • Chab: 17.6 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 19.3 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 19.8 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Niles beach: 5.4 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 12.6 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Waterfalls: 5
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Gardens at Palmdale. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Galileo PeakSE 129°1,273 m20.3 mi
Black MountainESE 119°1,169 m13.9 mi
Rose PeakE 99°1,163 m11.0 mi
Mount DayESE 123°1,163 m14.5 mi
Mount LewisESE 106°1,136 m13.8 mi
Cedar MountainE 85°1,118 m17.4 mi
Lookout PointE 96°1,051 m14.2 mi
Rattlesnake ButteESE 122°960 m18.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:2016:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356586265676867635551
Precip in3.03.22.51.20.50.20.00.00.10.71.63.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fremont, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard101 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel58 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird52 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay52 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird49 obs
  • Wild Turkey47 obs
  • Western Bluebird46 obs
  • House Finch46 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/547131677

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