The Jim Heasley Oak
The Jim Heasley Oak is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 301 m. Twin Peaks stands 2,365 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lizzies Trail Inn, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 5.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
- Inscription
- THE JIM HEASLEY OAK|UNDER THIS OAK|JIM SPENT HIS LAST SATURDAYS|WITH THE GANG AT|LIZZIES TRAIL INN|JULY 14, 1916 - JULY 19, 2002
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lizzies Trail Inn: 0.0 mi
- Richardson House: 0.0 mi
- Gilb Museum Of Arcadia Heritage: 2.6 mi
- Monrovia Historical Museum: 3.8 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 3.9 mi
- Mount Wilson Trail Park: 0.0 mi
- Sierra Vista Park: 0.7 mi
- Bailey Canyon Park: 0.7 mi
- Sierra Madre Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Orange Grove Park: 0.9 mi
- Jones Peak: 1.2 mi
- Lookout Point: 1.9 mi
- Mount Yale: 2.6 mi
- Mount Harvard: 3.1 mi
- Mount Zion: 3.3 mi
- Mount Wilson Trail: 0.0 mi
- Sierra Madre Memorial Wall: 0.7 mi
- A Dawn in the West: 2.6 mi
- Memorial Wall: 4.4 mi
- The Celebration Garden: 4.6 mi
- Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 0.5 mi
- Sierra Madre Memorial Cannon: 0.7 mi
- Queen Anne Cottage: 2.0 mi
- Reid-Baldwin Adobe: 2.0 mi
- Coach Barn: 2.0 mi
- Five Minimalist Poems: 2.9 mi
- Centennial Mural: 4.6 mi
- Pan: 4.6 mi
- Hymenaios: 4.6 mi
- Allegory of Fright: 4.7 mi
- Vinny's Mini-World: 1.1 mi
- Australian Discovery Area: 1.6 mi
- Wedding Garden: 1.7 mi
- Madagascar Spiny Forest: 1.7 mi
- Henry C. Soto Water Conservation Garden: 1.7 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 1.8 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Red Box Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Art Center Food Garden: 7.8 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 7.9 mi
- Doe Spring: 9.4 mi
- Fern Springs: 11.0 mi
- Not Much of a Spring: 11.7 mi
- Silk Tassel Spring: 11.7 mi
- Baughman Spring: 13.3 mi
- Bailey Canyon Falls: 1.0 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 2.1 mi
- Hermit Falls: 2.4 mi
- Sturtevant Falls: 3.4 mi
- Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 3.6 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 8.6 mi
- Spa Palace: 14.8 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of The Jim Heasley Oak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Peaks | NE 35° | 2,365 m | 12.3 mi |
| Roundtop | N 355° | 1,908 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mount Hillyer | N 9° | 1,881 m | 12.6 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | NNW 333° | 1,879 m | 8.9 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | NNW 331° | 1,878 m | 5.8 mi |
| Triplet Rocks | NE 42° | 1,875 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | NNW 329° | 1,819 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Lawlor | NNW 336° | 1,807 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 46 | 49 | 52 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 62 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 7.7 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Wilson CBS, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12065945478
Day trips start here
- Arcadia · 3 mi
- Monrovia · 3 mi
- Pasadena · 5 mi
- San Marino · 5 mi
- San Gabriel · 6 mi
- San Gabriel Valley · 6 mi
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