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Onizuka Memorial

Onizuka Memorial is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Friendship Knot, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 1.0 miles off.

Space Shuttle/ Ellison Onizuka

The story

memorial in Los Angeles, United States

Dates from 1990-10-19.

Wikidata Q136677809, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.05006, -118.24194

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Attractions
Parks
Gardens
  • Flag Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Flag Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Fredric Roberts Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Blue Ribbon Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Blue Ribbon Garden: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Flat Point Park: 3.2 mi
  • Maltman peak: 3.3 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 3.4 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 3.5 mi
  • Ronda Vista: 4.1 mi
Picnic sites: 46
  • Cedar Grove: 5.4 mi
  • Sycamore Glen: 5.6 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 5.7 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • Park Center: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 25
Springs: 17
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 12.4 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 16.6 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 18.9 mi
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 5
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 15.2 mi
  • San Pedro Escarpment: 23.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 1.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Onizuka Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gabriel PeakNNE 32°1,878 m15.7 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE 30°1,819 m15.7 mi
Mount LawlorNNE 27°1,807 m17.2 mi
Mount DeceptionNNE 28°1,767 m15.6 mi
Mount MarkhamNNE 32°1,746 m15.3 mi
Mount WilsonNE 41°1,737 m15.8 mi
Occidental PeakNE 35°1,736 m15.7 mi
Mount LoweNNE 32°1,699 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585961646669737574696358
Precip in3.33.62.20.70.30.10.00.00.10.60.82.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Angeles Downtown/usc, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/2323432630

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