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San Dimas Veterans Monument at Freedom Park

San Dimas Veterans Monument at Freedom Park from directly overhead

San Dimas Veterans Monument at Freedom Park is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 288 m. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Freedom Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

city in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States

Dates from 1960.

Wikidata Q923845, matched on coordinates and name (206 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.10492, -117.80746

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Santa Fe Station Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Larkin Memorial Sundial: 4.5 mi
  • School Seal: 5.6 mi
  • Diamond Bar Windmill: 7.1 mi
  • Veterans' Monument Project: 9.0 mi
Attractions
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 2.9 mi
  • Tongva Village: 5.4 mi
  • The "M": 12.4 mi
  • Bridge to Nowhere: 12.8 mi
  • Redwood Grove: 13.2 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Garden of Family Love: 3.2 mi
  • Meditation Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Vale of Faith Gardens: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 42
  • Site C: 2.6 mi
  • Site A: 2.6 mi
  • Site D: 2.6 mi
  • Site B: 2.6 mi
  • Site E: 2.7 mi
Springs: 36
  • Big Cienega Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Fern Springs: 9.2 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Forked Spruce Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Wolfskill Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Sturtevant Falls: 14.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 17.6 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 17.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 17.9 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 18.7 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 13.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of San Dimas Veterans Monument at Freedom Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount San AntonioNE 36°3,068 m15.7 mi
West BaldyNE 35°3,044 m15.3 mi
Cucamonga PeakENE 57°2,695 m15.1 mi
Ontario PeakNE 51°2,640 m13.5 mi
Etiwanda PeakENE 58°2,640 m15.9 mi
Middle HawkinsN 359°2,593 m15.9 mi
Bighorn PeakNE 53°2,575 m14.9 mi
Timber MountainNE 52°2,521 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:03
June solstice05:4119:3020:07
September equinox06:4018:1618:49
December solstice06:5416:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636671767875676054
Precip in2.94.12.11.00.20.10.00.00.01.00.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pomona/fairplex, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13791835473

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