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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.

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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
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
Nature reserves
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
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
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: 15
Cliffs: 5
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 14.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.7 mi
  • San Pedro Escarpment: 23.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.1 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.3 mi
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 PeakNNE 32°1,878 m15.4 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE 30°1,819 m15.4 mi
Mount LawlorNNE 28°1,807 m16.9 mi
Mount DeceptionNNE 28°1,767 m15.3 mi
Mount MarkhamNNE 33°1,746 m15.0 mi
Mount WilsonNE 41°1,737 m15.6 mi
Occidental PeakNE 36°1,736 m15.4 mi
Mount LoweNNE 32°1,699 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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