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Rainforest

Rainforest from directly overhead

Rainforest is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 264 m. Magic Mountain stands 1,477 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Botanical Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 20 miles off.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.23903, -118.52565

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Botanical Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Los Angeles River & Aliso Creek Confluence Park: 3.5 mi
  • MHCC Community Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Banksia: 4.7 mi
  • Hakea: 4.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Kinesthetics: 0.3 mi
  • Dearborn Park: 1.0 mi
  • Northridge Park: 1.1 mi
  • Wilbur Basin Meadow (City): 1.3 mi
  • Wilbur Basin Meadow (County): 1.4 mi
Attractions
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 0.3 mi
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 1.8 mi
  • Convento: 4.3 mi
  • Munch Box: 4.4 mi
  • The Japanese Garden: 4.6 mi
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 55
  • Redwood Grove: 5.4 mi
  • shady grass: 6.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
  • Wagon Tracks: 9.5 mi
Springs: 24
Waterfalls: 20
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 9.5 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Trail Canyon Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 19.7 mi
Beaches: 19
Cliffs: 6
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 3.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 3.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 4.0 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 17.5 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 15.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 19.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Rainforest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Magic MountainNE 48°1,477 m15.2 mi
Mendenhall PeakENE 58°1,413.1 m14.3 mi
May PeakNE 35°1,203 m9.6 mi
Oat MountainNW 326°1,138 m7.6 mi
Contract PointNE 44°1,108 m9.8 mi
The PinnacleNE 54°1,094 m12.8 mi
Kagel MountainNE 51°1,081 m10.3 mi
Verdugo PeakE 97°951.6 m14.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4319:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5716:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575760636772777876696256
Precip in3.43.92.40.70.40.10.00.00.10.60.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northridge CAL State, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel304 obs
  • Western Honey Bee259 obs
  • Mallard177 obs
  • Pond Slider125 obs
  • Monarch124 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk103 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco101 obs
  • Arizona Mantis97 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/158612447

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