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West Adams Gateway Marker

West Adams Gateway Marker from directly overhead

West Adams Gateway Marker is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Mount Disappointment stands 1,819 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Gramercy Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 4.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
West Adams
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.03258, -118.30870

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Museums
Artworks
  • Hecuba, Queen of Troy: 1.5 mi
  • Dueling Dinosaurs: 1.5 mi
  • Tommy Trojan: 1.6 mi
  • George Tirebiter: 1.6 mi
  • Joe Widney: 1.7 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Maltman peak: 4.1 mi
  • Baldwin Hills: 4.3 mi
  • Olive Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 4.7 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 4.8 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
  • Garden Grove: 3.8 mi
  • Picnic Central: 3.9 mi
  • Lake Side: 3.9 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 3.9 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Temescal Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 15.9 mi
  • Millard Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 16.2 mi
Beaches: 18
Springs: 13
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 8.6 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 14.0 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 2.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of West Adams Gateway Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DisappointmentNE 38°1,819 m18.8 mi
Mount DeceptionNE 37°1,767 m18.6 mi
Mount MarkhamNE 40°1,746 m18.5 mi
Mount LoweNE 40°1,699 m18.0 mi
Mount LukensNNE 14°1,546.6 m16.8 mi
Mount YaleNE 50°1,451 m18.4 mi
Muir PeakNE 43°1,427 m17.3 mi
Brown MountainNNE 33°1,363 m16.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:08
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5616:1016:49

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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12042631727

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