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Japanese Garden

Japanese Garden from directly overhead

Japanese Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 143 m. Waterman Mountain stands 2,433 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Pioneer Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 10.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.13069, -117.97196

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Santa Fe Dam Nature Center Display Garden: 1.8 mi
  • APES Garden: 3.7 mi
  • APES Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Celebration Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Desert Display Garden: 4.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Picnic sites: 56
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 2.7 mi
  • Arcadia Wilderness Park: 4.2 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Site E: 6.9 mi
Springs: 39
  • Fern Springs: 8.9 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Doe Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Winston Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Buckhorn Spring: 15.0 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 4.9 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Bailey Canyon Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Sturtevant Falls: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 13.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 17.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 20.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Japanese Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Waterman MountainN 8°2,433 m14.4 mi
Twin PeaksNNE 11°2,365 m13.1 mi
Strawberry PeakNW 321°1,879 m13.5 mi
San Gabriel PeakNW 317°1,878 m10.6 mi
Triplet RocksNNE 18°1,875 m12.5 mi
Mount DisappointmentNW 316°1,819 m11.0 mi
Mount LawlorNW 322°1,807 m12.3 mi
Vetter MountainNNW 344°1,783 m11.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4119:3020:07
September equinox06:4118:1718:50
December solstice06:5516:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575861636771757775696257
Precip in3.64.22.50.60.50.10.00.00.10.60.92.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Gabriel Fire Dept, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Vermilion Flycatcher193 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard178 obs
  • Showy Penstemon155 obs
  • House Finch149 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow135 obs
  • laurel sumac125 obs
  • chaparral yucca124 obs
  • golden currant120 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/687424741

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