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Koi Pond

Koi Pond from directly overhead

Koi Pond is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 254 m. Ontario Peak stands 2,640 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Demonstration Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 18 miles off.

The Koi Pond is the crown jewel of Mt. SAC, designed and built by prior students. The pond features a tranquil, shaded garden with a seating area that contains Japanese Maples and Cycads.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.05101, -117.84009

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Boltz Courtyard: 0.9 mi
  • BioTrek Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Heidelberg Park: 1.1 mi
  • Snow Creek Park: 1.1 mi
  • Snow Creek Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 4.8 mi
  • Tongva Village: 8.4 mi
  • Redwood Grove: 9.4 mi
  • The "M": 12.4 mi
  • M3 Lee: 12.8 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Site A: 4.3 mi
  • Site B: 4.3 mi
  • Site D: 4.4 mi
  • Site E: 4.4 mi
  • Site C: 4.4 mi
Springs: 34
  • Big Cienega Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 7.9 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Fern Springs: 12.3 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 14.1 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Wolfskill Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 13.9 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Sturtevant Falls: 15.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 17.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 17.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 17.6 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 18.6 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 17.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Koi Pond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ontario PeakNE 45°2,640 m17.4 mi
Turtle's BeakNE 46°2,090 m15.4 mi
Greater Calamity PeakNE 53°2,068 m17.6 mi
Lookout MountainNE 35°2,036 m16.6 mi
Rattlesnake PeakNNE 13°1,776 m15.7 mi
Calamity PeakNE 55°1,768 m17.4 mi
Mount WilsonNW 313°1,737 m17.4 mi
Sunset PeakNE 37°1,723 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:03
June solstice05:4119:3020:07
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
December solstice06:5416:0816:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636671767875676054
Precip in2.94.12.11.00.20.10.00.00.01.00.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pomona/fairplex, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard196 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel159 obs
  • White Horehound130 obs
  • Garden Snail122 obs
  • Toyon112 obs
  • Western Honey Bee111 obs
  • castor bean100 obs
  • California Buckwheat92 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1258817391

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