Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument
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Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Verdugo Peak stands 952 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is SPY Community Garden, a garden 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 13 miles off.
The story
Memorial in Venice, Los Angeles.
Dates from 2017-04.
Wikidata Q130470278, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 2017-04
- Height
- 2.8956 m
- Material
- stone
What to expect
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- SPY Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Marine Park Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Airport Avenue Demonstration Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Will Rogers Elementary Regenerative Farm: 1.6 mi
- Organic Learning Garden: 1.9 mi
- Marco Place Parkway: 0.4 mi
- Marco Triangle: 0.4 mi
- Nowita Triangle: 0.4 mi
- Crescent Place Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Oakwood Recreation Center: 0.6 mi
- Abbot Kinney Boulevard: 0.9 mi
- Venice Canal Historic District: 1.0 mi
- Venice Sign: 1.2 mi
- Main Street: 1.3 mi
- Ocean Front Walk: 1.3 mi
- Children's Mural: 1.1 mi
- Venice Torso: 1.1 mi
- Exuberant Birds: Seabird Pole: 1.2 mi
- Exuberant Birds: Parrot Pole: 1.2 mi
- The Spiller House: 1.2 mi
- Main Building: 1.5 mi
- Museum of Flying: 1.5 mi
- California Heritage Museum: 1.8 mi
- Santa Monica Museum of Art: 1.9 mi
- Wende Museum of the Cold War: 3.1 mi
- Baldwin Hills: 4.4 mi
- Castellammare Mesa: 7.0 mi
- Goat Peak (High Point): 7.1 mi
- Parker Mesa: 7.7 mi
- Green Peak: 8.4 mi
- Douglas DC-3 Monument: 1.5 mi
- Clover Field: 1.5 mi
- The Ink Well: 2.3 mi
- Bodega: 2.7 mi
- Olympic Marathon Winners: 3.2 mi
- Common Grounds: 2.5 mi
- Blue Lagoon: 4.9 mi
- Lake Side: 4.9 mi
- Garden Grove: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Central: 4.9 mi
- Mother's Beach: 0.9 mi
- Palisades Beach: 4.0 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 6.0 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 6.5 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 7.1 mi
- Temescal Falls: 7.0 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 9.4 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 19.0 mi
- Escondido Falls (Lower): 19.0 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 22.9 mi
- Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve: 1.6 mi
- LAX El Segundo Dunes Preserve: 3.5 mi
- George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon: 5.1 mi
- Will Rogers State Historic Park: 5.3 mi
- La Brea Green Belt: 5.6 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 3.5 mi
- Eagle Spring: 10.2 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 11.7 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 18.8 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 21.8 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 14.5 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 20.4 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.0 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 25.0 mi
- Spa Palace: 11.4 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 21.9 mi
- Coba Arch: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verdugo Peak | NNE 33° | 952 m | 18.2 mi |
| Castro Peak | WNW 288° | 855 m | 20.0 mi |
| Saddle Peak | WNW 297° | 851 m | 12.9 mi |
| Tongva Peak | NE 38° | 803 m | 17.9 mi |
| Calabasas Peak | NW 306° | 657 m | 14.0 mi |
| Temescal Peak | NW 322° | 648 m | 9.4 mi |
| McAuley Peak | WNW 289° | 625 m | 16.3 mi |
| Ladyface Mountain | WNW 298° | 619 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:11 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 57 | 59 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 66 | 61 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Monica Muni AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/8001451819
Day trips start here
- Santa Monica · 2 mi
- Culver City · 3 mi
- Westchester · 4 mi
- Los Angeles/West · 5 mi
- Pacific Palisades · 6 mi
- Beverly Hills · 7 mi
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