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Triforium

Triforium is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 91 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Wishing Bells/To Protect & To Serve, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 0.7 miles off.

The story

Triforium is a 60-foot high (18 m), concrete public art sculpture mounted with 1,494 Venetian glass prisms, light bulbs, and an internal 79-bell carillon located at Fletcher Bowron Square in the Los Angeles Mall at Temple and Main streets in the Civic Center district of Downtown Los Angeles.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1975-12.

Wikidata Q7841560, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates34.05411, -118.24118

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Museums
Parks
  • Los Angeles City Hall Park: 0.2 mi
  • Yaanga park: 0.2 mi
  • Placita de Dolores: 0.3 mi
  • Gloria Molina Grand Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ord and Yale Street Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
  • Flat Point Park: 2.9 mi
  • Maltman peak: 3.1 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 3.1 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 3.3 mi
  • Ronda Vista: 3.8 mi
Historic sites: 59
Gardens: 56
Picnic sites: 46
  • Cedar Grove: 5.1 mi
  • Sycamore Glen: 5.3 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 5.4 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
  • Park Center: 6.0 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves: 29
Waterfalls: 22
Springs: 17
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 12.4 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 16.5 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 18.6 mi
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 1.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Triforium. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gabriel PeakNNE1,878 m15.4 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE1,819 m15.4 mi
Mount LawlorNNE1,807 m16.9 mi
Mount DeceptionNNE1,767 m15.3 mi
Mount MarkhamNNE1,746 m15.0 mi
Mount WilsonNE1,737 m15.6 mi
Occidental PeakNE1,736 m15.4 mi
Mount LoweNNE1,699 m14.5 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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2406528752

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