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Oakland Community Garden

Oakland Community Garden from directly overhead

Oakland Community Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 266 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Villa Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 0.6 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates34.15248, -118.14041

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Pasadena Robinson Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Armenian Genocide Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Defenders of the Union: 0.5 mi
  • Memorial Wall: 1.4 mi
Attractions
  • The Big Bang Theory Rooftop: 0.7 mi
  • Old Pasadena Historic District: 0.7 mi
  • Boone Sculpture Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Colorado Street Bridge: 1.5 mi
  • Bird Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Peaks
Picnic sites: 43
  • Art Center Food Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Sycamore Glen: 4.3 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Paul Little: 6.2 mi
  • Arcadia Wilderness Park: 7.1 mi
Springs: 37
  • Not Much of a Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Doe Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Baughman Spring: 14.1 mi
Waterfalls: 24
Beaches: 4
  • Mother's Beach: 21.6 mi
  • Palisades Beach: 23.1 mi
  • El Segundo Beach: 23.4 mi
  • Will Rogers State Beach: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 7.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 9.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Oakland Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakN 7°1,879 m9.1 mi
San Gabriel PeakNNE 21°1,878 m6.7 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE 17°1,819 m6.8 mi
Mount LawlorNNE 14°1,807 m8.4 mi
Vetter MountainNNE 33°1,783 m11.9 mi
Mount DeceptionNNE 12°1,767 m6.8 mi
Mount MarkhamNNE 22°1,746 m6.3 mi
Mount WilsonNE 43°1,737 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
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, under a mile away.

  • Red-crowned Amazon2,523 obs
  • Yellow-headed Amazon1,046 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard1,041 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel970 obs
  • coast live oak952 obs
  • Toyon933 obs
  • Mallard778 obs
  • golden currant731 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/562631498

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