A Dawn in the West
A Dawn in the West is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Monsignor Gerald M. O'Keefe Rose Garden, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 5.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2013
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Monsignor Gerald M. O'Keefe Rose Garden: 0.0 mi
- Fairview Avenue Park: 0.4 mi
- Holly Avenue Park: 0.4 mi
- Santa Anita Depot: 0.7 mi
- Arcadia County Park: 0.8 mi
- Gilb Museum Of Arcadia Heritage: 0.2 mi
- Richardson House: 2.6 mi
- Lizzies Trail Inn: 2.7 mi
- Monrovia Historical Museum: 3.4 mi
- Huntington Library Exhibition Hall: 3.8 mi
- Reid-Baldwin Adobe: 0.8 mi
- Queen Anne Cottage: 0.8 mi
- Coach Barn: 0.8 mi
- Sierra Madre Memorial Cannon: 2.2 mi
- The "M": 2.6 mi
- Jones Peak: 3.8 mi
- Lookout Point: 4.5 mi
- Mount Yale: 5.2 mi
- Clamshell Peak: 5.6 mi
- Mount Harvard: 5.7 mi
- Sierra Madre Memorial Wall: 2.2 mi
- Mount Wilson Trail: 2.6 mi
- The Jim Heasley Oak: 2.6 mi
- The Celebration Garden: 3.8 mi
- Lion Dogs: 4.0 mi
- Five Minimalist Poems: 1.4 mi
- Centennial Mural: 3.5 mi
- Mars: 3.8 mi
- Female Figure: 3.9 mi
- Orpheus and Eurydice: 3.9 mi
- APES Garden: 0.5 mi
- Rose Garden and Citrus Grove: 0.8 mi
- Southwest Collection: 0.8 mi
- Engelmann Oak Grove: 0.8 mi
- Cycad Collection: 0.9 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 6.6 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Doe Spring: 11.9 mi
- Fern Springs: 12.0 mi
- Big Cienega Spring: 13.4 mi
- Not Much of a Spring: 14.1 mi
- Silk Tassel Spring: 14.1 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 0.9 mi
- Bailey Canyon Falls: 3.4 mi
- Hermit Falls: 4.4 mi
- Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 5.5 mi
- Sturtevant Falls: 5.7 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 10.7 mi
- Spa Palace: 13.8 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of A Dawn in the West. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Peak | NNW 338° | 1,879 m | 11.3 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | NNW 339° | 1,878 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | NNW 337° | 1,819 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Lawlor | NNW 341° | 1,807 m | 10.2 mi |
| Vetter Mountain | N 5° | 1,783 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Deception | NNW 334° | 1,767 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Mooney | N 10° | 1,761 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mount Markham | NNW 337° | 1,746 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
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 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 62 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Gabriel Fire Dept, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4751749037
Day trips start here
- Arcadia · 1 mi
- Monrovia · 3 mi
- El Monte · 4 mi
- San Gabriel · 4 mi
- San Marino · 4 mi
- Baldwin Park · 5 mi
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