Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden
Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 243 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Arlington Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 0.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1937
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Arlington Garden: 0.1 mi
- South Pasadena Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Wrigley Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Southwest Loop Garden: 1.7 mi
- Old Mill Garden and Arboretum: 1.7 mi
- Fork in the Road: 0.2 mi
- St. Francis: 1.7 mi
- Lion Dogs: 2.3 mi
- Lion Dogs: 2.3 mi
- Allegorical Figure: 2.4 mi
- Grace Hill: 0.3 mi
- Poppy Peak: 1.4 mi
- Oneonta Knoll: 1.8 mi
- Eagle Rock: 1.9 mi
- Ernest E. Debs: 2.9 mi
- Singer Park: 0.5 mi
- Legion Park: 0.5 mi
- Busch Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Grevelia Pocket Park: 0.6 mi
- Allendale Park: 0.6 mi
- Former Residence (1980-1981) of the Honorable Barack H. Obama: 0.6 mi
- Pasadena Robinson Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Defenders of the Union: 1.5 mi
- Armenian Genocide Memorial: 1.5 mi
- The Century House: 0.8 mi
- Bird Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- Pee Wee's Big Adventure House: 1.1 mi
- Old Pasadena Historic District: 1.2 mi
- Colorado Street Bridge: 1.3 mi
- South Pasadena Historic Museum: 0.9 mi
- Norton Simon Museum of Art: 1.3 mi
- Norton Simon Museum of Art: 1.3 mi
- Pasadena Museum of History: 1.5 mi
- USC Pacific Asia Museum: 1.6 mi
- Lower Arroyo Park: 0.9 mi
- Rose Hill Park: 3.5 mi
- Elyria Canyon Park: 4.2 mi
- Ascot Hills Park: 4.2 mi
- Hahamongna Watershed Natural Park: 4.6 mi
- Sycamore Glen: 3.1 mi
- Art Center Food Garden: 3.4 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Joe Klass Water Stop: 7.2 mi
- Not Much of a Spring: 12.9 mi
- Silk Tassel Spring: 13.0 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 14.6 mi
- Doe Spring: 14.8 mi
- Fascination Spring: 14.8 mi
- Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 5.6 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 5.7 mi
- Ribbon Rocks Falls: 5.9 mi
- Moss Grotto Falls: 5.9 mi
- Grand Chasm Falls: 6.0 mi
- Mother's Beach: 20.0 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 21.6 mi
- Palisades Beach: 21.7 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 23.5 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 24.1 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 9.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.8 mi
- Spa Palace: 8.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Peak | N 11° | 1,879 m | 10.9 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | NNE 22° | 1,878 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | NNE 20° | 1,819 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Lawlor | NNE 17° | 1,807 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Deception | NNE 16° | 1,767 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Markham | NNE 23° | 1,746 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Wilson | NE 39° | 1,737 m | 8.6 mi |
| Occidental Peak | NNE 29° | 1,736 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| 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.
- Red-crowned Amazon2,457 obs
- Western Fence Lizard1,166 obs
- coast live oak1,085 obs
- Toyon1,067 obs
- Yellow-headed Amazon1,011 obs
- golden currant837 obs
- laurel sumac834 obs
- Mallard816 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 05000050OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1527667892
Day trips start here
- South Pasadena · 1 mi
- Alhambra · 3 mi
- Pasadena · 3 mi
- San Marino · 3 mi
- San Gabriel · 4 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge · 5 mi
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