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Pico Union Pollinator Friendly Garden

Pico Union Pollinator Friendly Garden from directly overhead

Pico Union Pollinator Friendly Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Toberman Recreation Center, a park 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 2.2 miles off.

What the record says

Built
2024

How to reach it

Coordinates34.04162, -118.27890

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Toberman Recreation Center: 0.1 mi
  • Terrace Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pico Union Vest Pocket Park: 0.3 mi
  • Estrella Park: 0.6 mi
  • Gilbert Lindsay Plaza: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks
  • Maltman peak: 3.1 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 3.6 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 3.7 mi
  • Olive Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Ronda Vista: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 45
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 5.4 mi
  • Garden Grove: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Central: 5.7 mi
  • Lake Side: 5.7 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 14.4 mi
  • Millard Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 14.7 mi
  • Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 14.7 mi
  • Ribbon Rocks Falls: 14.7 mi
Beaches: 17
Springs: 15
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 10.3 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 15.0 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 17.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 16.5 mi
  • San Pedro Escarpment: 22.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.2 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 1.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Pico Union Pollinator Friendly Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gabriel PeakNE 36°1,878 m17.3 mi
Mount DisappointmentNE 35°1,819 m17.3 mi
Mount DeceptionNNE 33°1,767 m17.1 mi
Mount MarkhamNE 37°1,746 m17.0 mi
Mount LoweNE 37°1,699 m16.4 mi
Mount HarvardNE 46°1,640 m17.2 mi
Mount LukensN 8°1,546.6 m15.9 mi
Mount YaleNE 47°1,451 m16.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5616:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585961646669737574696358
Precip in3.33.62.20.70.30.10.00.00.10.60.82.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Angeles Downtown/usc, 1 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel1,226 obs
  • Western Honey Bee978 obs
  • House Sparrow647 obs
  • Monarch588 obs
  • Fiery Skipper499 obs
  • Rock Pigeon488 obs
  • Western Gull377 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle357 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/1498279879

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