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ValleyCrest Telfair Park

ValleyCrest Telfair Park from directly overhead

ValleyCrest Telfair Park is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 364 m. Iron Mountain stands 1,718 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Telfair Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

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ValleyCrest;Telfair Park;This park was donated and built in one day, March 1, 2007, by the devoted people of ValleyCrest Landscape Companies. We would like to extend special recognition and thanks to Los Angeles City Council District 7 for their extrao
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Coordinates34.30427, -118.47289

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Telfair Park: 0.0 mi
  • Granada Hills Youth Recreation Center: 1.4 mi
  • Sylmar Park: 1.5 mi
  • Rudy Ortega Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Las Palmas Park: 1.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Convento: 2.2 mi
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 4.4 mi
  • Abandoned Oil Rigs: 5.1 mi
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 5.6 mi
  • Munch Box: 8.0 mi
Gardens
Peaks
  • Mission Point: 3.5 mi
  • Los Pinetos: 3.6 mi
  • May Peak: 4.1 mi
  • Contract Point: 4.5 mi
  • Manzanita Mountain: 4.8 mi
Picnic sites: 49
  • Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
  • Wagon Tracks: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
  • Tumbleweeds: 5.9 mi
  • Johnson Park: 9.6 mi
Springs: 36
  • Los Pinetos Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Indian Springs: 8.1 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 4.5 mi
  • Trail Canyon Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 17.3 mi
Beaches: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 4.2 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 4.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 4.7 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 18.4 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 19.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 20.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of ValleyCrest Telfair Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Iron MountainENE 77°1,717.5 m14.2 mi
Condor PeakE 84°1,658 m14.5 mi
Mount LukensE 100°1,546.6 m13.6 mi
Condor PointE 85°1,538.3 m13.7 mi
Fox MountainE 87°1,534 m15.6 mi
Mount McKinleyENE 78°1,497 m12.1 mi
Magic MountainNE 55°1,477 m10.0 mi
Mendenhall PeakENE 71°1,413.1 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4319:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5716:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575760636772777876696256
Precip in3.43.92.40.70.40.10.00.00.10.60.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northridge CAL State, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9791728524

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