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Historic site · California

Gazing and Composing

Gazing and Composing from directly overhead

Gazing and Composing is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 202 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Paradise, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 1.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
臨賦/ Gazing and Composing/ Sr. David and Mrs. Chou-Er Chen, Annie Y. Chen/陳昌平 禁秋娥 陳怡寬
Getting there

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Coordinates34.12926, -118.11628

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • Flora-Legium / Banta Hall: 0.1 mi
  • Scott Gallery of American Art: 0.2 mi
  • Japanese Heritage Shōya House: 0.2 mi
  • Huntington Library Exhibition Hall: 0.3 mi
  • USC Pacific Asia Museum: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Historic sites: 57
Artworks
Gardens: 55
Picnic sites: 44
  • Covered Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
  • Art Center Food Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Sycamore Glen: 5.3 mi
  • Arcadia Wilderness Park: 6.4 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves: 43
Springs: 37
  • Not Much of a Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Doe Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Fern Springs: 15.6 mi
  • Baughman Spring: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 26
Beaches: 3
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 9.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 10.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Gazing and Composing. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakN1,879 m10.7 mi
San Gabriel PeakN1,878 m7.9 mi
Mount DisappointmentN1,819 m8.1 mi
Mount LawlorN1,807 m9.8 mi
Mount DeceptionN1,767 m8.3 mi
Mount MarkhamN1,746 m7.5 mi
Mount WilsonNNE1,737 m7.3 mi
Occidental PeakNNE1,736 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:0916:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575861636671767776706256
Precip in4.55.23.01.10.50.20.10.00.20.81.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pasadena, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13354857371

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