Karesansui
Karesansui is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bonsai Court, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 1.7 miles off.
Also called the Zen Court
What to expect
- Access
- Customers only
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bonsai Court: 0.0 mi
- Zillgitt Bonsai Court: 0.0 mi
- Japanese Garden: 0.0 mi
- Japanese Garden: 0.1 mi
- Shōya House Garden: 0.1 mi
- Japanese Heritage Shōya House: 0.1 mi
- Scott Gallery of American Art: 0.2 mi
- Huntington Library Exhibition Hall: 0.3 mi
- Flora-Legium / Banta Hall: 0.3 mi
- San Gabriel Historical Association: 1.9 mi
- Frank and Toshie Moser: 0.1 mi
- Peace & Harmony: 0.1 mi
- Lion Dogs: 0.2 mi
- Garden of the Arts: 0.3 mi
- Little Paradise: 0.3 mi
- Studio of Pure Scents: 0.2 mi
- Freshwater Pavillion: 0.2 mi
- Hall of the Jade Camellia: 0.2 mi
- Terrace of the Jade Mirror: 0.2 mi
- Love for the Lotus Pavillion: 0.2 mi
- Plantain Court: 0.2 mi
- San Marino Community Center: 0.5 mi
- Lacy Park: 0.5 mi
- Tournament Park: 0.8 mi
- Bechtel Mall: 1.0 mi
- Crowned Figure: 0.2 mi
- Venus Blindfolded by Cupid: 0.2 mi
- Allegory of Time: 0.2 mi
- Allegory of Truth: 0.2 mi
- Alpheus and Arethusa: 0.2 mi
- Grace Hill: 2.0 mi
- Oneonta Knoll: 2.5 mi
- Poppy Peak: 3.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 4.1 mi
- Ernest E. Debs: 4.7 mi
- Lower Arroyo Park: 3.0 mi
- Eaton Canyon Natural Area and Nature Center: 3.9 mi
- Kinneloa Irrigation District Open Space: 4.4 mi
- Kinneloa Irrigation District Open Space: 4.5 mi
- Henninger Flats: 4.7 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Art Center Food Garden: 5.0 mi
- Sycamore Glen: 5.4 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 6.6 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Not Much of a Spring: 13.2 mi
- Silk Tassel Spring: 13.3 mi
- Doe Spring: 13.8 mi
- Fern Springs: 15.7 mi
- Baughman Spring: 15.9 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 3.5 mi
- Bailey Canyon Falls: 4.8 mi
- Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 5.0 mi
- Ribbon Rocks Falls: 5.7 mi
- Moss Grotto Falls: 5.7 mi
- Mother's Beach: 21.9 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 23.1 mi
- Palisades Beach: 23.8 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 9.4 mi
- Spa Palace: 10.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Karesansui. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Peak | N 359° | 1,879 m | 10.9 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | N 7° | 1,878 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | N 4° | 1,819 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Lawlor | N 4° | 1,807 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Deception | N 0° | 1,767 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Markham | N 7° | 1,746 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Wilson | NNE 25° | 1,737 m | 7.5 mi |
| Occidental Peak | NNE 14° | 1,736 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:09 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 66 | 71 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pasadena, 2 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard1,149 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel975 obs
- Red-whiskered Bulbul604 obs
- Western Honey Bee535 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco412 obs
- Gulf Fritillary374 obs
- Pond Slider359 obs
- Northern Mockingbird354 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1448142783
Day trips start here
- San Marino · 1 mi
- San Gabriel · 2 mi
- South Pasadena · 2 mi
- Alhambra · 3 mi
- Pasadena · 3 mi
- Monterey Park · 4 mi
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