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Deer Park Lodge

Deer Park Lodge from directly overhead

Deer Park Lodge is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 830 m. Mount Islip stands 2,518 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Monrovia Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Ben Overturff leased Deer Park in 1907...built a wooden lodge...in 1911 a stone building from creek boulders...a popular resort in the 1920s...the 1938 flood ended it...the Overturffs used it until 1948...only stone foundations remained by 1958.
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.19410, -117.96568

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Santa Fe Dam Nature Center Display Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Australian Discovery Area: 5.9 mi
  • Celebration Garden: 6.0 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Picnic sites: 50
  • Arcadia Wilderness Park: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 6.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 6.4 mi
  • Charlton Flats Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
Springs: 42
  • Fern Springs: 5.9 mi
  • Doe Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Winston Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Buckhorn Spring: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 24
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Sturtevant Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Bailey Canyon Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 11.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 18.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Deer Park Lodge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount IslipNE 34°2,518 m12.7 mi
Sadie HawkinsNE 44°2,453 m12.4 mi
Waterman MountainN 10°2,433 m10.0 mi
South Mount HawkinsNE 48°2,369 m12.0 mi
Twin PeaksNNE 15°2,365 m8.7 mi
Winston PeakN 9°2,277 m11.5 mi
Akawie PeakNNE 14°2,220 m11.3 mi
RoundtopNNW 332°1,908 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4119:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1718:50
December solstice06:5516:0816:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474649525968747570625346
Precip in7.78.35.12.11.00.20.20.00.31.31.94.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Wilson CBS, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13231829825

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