Korean Friendship Bell
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Korean Friendship Bell is a historic site in California, at a recorded elevation of 84 m. Mount Orizaba stands 639 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Leary, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 24 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Korean Bell of Friendship (more commonly called Korean Friendship Bell) is a massive bronze bell housed in a stone pavilion located in Angel's Gate Park, situated in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Positioned at the intersection of Gaffey and 37th Streets, this section of the park is also referred to as the "Korean–American Peace Park" and occupies a portion of the former Upper Reservation of Fort MacArthur.
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Dates from 1976.
Wikidata Q6431797, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 26.3 m
- Elevation
- 83.7 m
How to reach it
- 24.5 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort MacArthur Museum: 0.2 mi
- Cabrillo Beach Bath House: 0.6 mi
- George F. Canyon Nature Center: 4.7 mi
- Banning Residence Museum: 5.9 mi
- Lomita Railroad Museum: 6.3 mi
- SS Lane Victory: 1.4 mi
- Battleship USS Iowa: 2.4 mi
- The Graben: 4.1 mi
- Wayfarers Chapel: 5.4 mi
- Tiger Woods Point: 6.7 mi
- Battery Leary: 0.2 mi
- Battery Farley: 0.2 mi
- Battery Merriam: 0.2 mi
- Battery Osgood: 0.2 mi
- Sunken City: 0.4 mi
- Lookout Point Park: 0.2 mi
- Point Fermin Park: 0.2 mi
- Wilder Annex Point Fermin Park: 0.5 mi
- Cabrillo Beach Park: 0.6 mi
- Alma Park: 1.1 mi
- Gaffey Street Community Gardens: 3.3 mi
- She-Oak Meadow: 5.7 mi
- South Coast Botanic Garden: 5.9 mi
- Desert Garden: 5.9 mi
- Pollination Garden: 5.9 mi
- Stephen M. White: 0.5 mi
- Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo: 0.6 mi
- Victory Arch: 1.4 mi
- Ghost Fish: 1.7 mi
- Jabob's Ladder: 2.2 mi
- White Point Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Least Tern Site: 2.7 mi
- Ocean Trails Reserve: 3.0 mi
- Forrestal Reserve: 3.8 mi
- George F Canyon Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- San Pedro Hill: 3.5 mi
- Ridgecrest Hill: 6.1 mi
- Signal Hill: 9.7 mi
- Landing Hill: 11.8 mi
- Blue Cavern Point: 20.9 mi
- Cabrillo Beach: 0.6 mi
- Royal Palms County Beach: 2.0 mi
- Long Beach City Beach: 8.1 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 10.0 mi
- Mother's Beach: 10.5 mi
- Day Camp: 9.5 mi
- Mother's Beach: 10.5 mi
- Lakeside Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Washington Park Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Common Grounds: 19.7 mi
- Washout Falls: 22.5 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 22.5 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 22.5 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 22.6 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 0.3 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 2.2 mi
- Torqua Spring: 22.8 mi
- Spa Palace: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Korean Friendship Bell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Orizaba | SSW 197° | 639 m | 24.1 mi |
| Black Jack Mountain | SSW 195° | 596 m | 23.1 mi |
| Silver Peak | SW 223° | 550 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mount Banning | SSW 199° | 492 m | 24.8 mi |
| Fletcher | SSW 195° | 454 m | 21.9 mi |
| San Pedro Hill | NW 316° | 449 m | 3.5 mi |
| Slide 2 | SW 223° | 419 m | 23.9 mi |
| Mount Torquemada | SW 215° | 407 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:19 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:11 | 16:49 |
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 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 66 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Torrance AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/407386536
Day trips start here
- Long Beach · 10 mi
- Seal Beach · 11 mi
- Gardena · 13 mi
- Compton · 14 mi
- Hawthorne · 14 mi
- Lakewood · 14 mi
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