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ASCE National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Plaque

ASCE National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Plaque from directly overhead

ASCE National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Plaque is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 405 m. Iron Mountain stands 1,718 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is The Cascades, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 23 miles off.

What the record says

Material
granite
Inscription
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark American Society of Civil Engineers, founded 1852 First Owens River Los Angeles Aqueduct ASCE 1921

How to reach it

Coordinates34.32261, -118.49738

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Granada Hills Youth Recreation Center: 1.0 mi
  • Bee Canyon Park: 1.2 mi
  • Telfair Park: 1.9 mi
  • Canyon Crest Park: 2.2 mi
  • Needham Ranch Park: 3.0 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Mission Point: 2.2 mi
  • Los Pinetos: 3.1 mi
  • Manzanita Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • May Peak: 4.4 mi
  • Contract Point: 5.3 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Convento: 4.0 mi
  • Abandoned Oil Rigs: 4.9 mi
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 5.5 mi
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 6.0 mi
  • Transformers -- Mikaela Under Bumblebee's Hood: 6.5 mi
Picnic sites: 52
  • Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
  • Wagon Tracks: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
  • Tumbleweeds: 4.1 mi
  • Johnson Park: 7.8 mi
Springs: 37
Waterfalls: 18
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 3.5 mi
  • Trail Canyon Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 19.0 mi
Beaches: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 3.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 3.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 3.9 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 20.0 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 18.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 22.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of ASCE National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Plaque. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Iron MountainE 83°1,717.5 m15.4 mi
Condor PeakE 89°1,658 m15.8 mi
Mount LukensESE 104°1,546.6 m15.2 mi
Condor PointE 90°1,538.3 m15.1 mi
Fox MountainE 92°1,534 m17.0 mi
Mount McKinleyE 85°1,497 m13.3 mi
Magic MountainENE 65°1,477 m10.6 mi
Mendenhall PeakE 80°1,413.1 m10.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4319:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5716:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8527000957

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