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Centinela Adobe

Centinela Adobe from directly overhead

Centinela Adobe is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Mount Lukens stands 1,547 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Randy’s Donuts, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 9.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.96760, -118.37225

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Randy’s Donuts: 0.4 mi
  • LMU: 2.7 mi
  • Urbanscape: 2.9 mi
  • Gathering Place: 3.0 mi
  • Kiiy: 3.0 mi
Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Leonard Nimoy: 1.2 mi
  • Al Jolson Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Isadore Friz Freleng: 1.4 mi
  • Moe Howard: 1.4 mi
  • Lugo Ranch Plaque: 2.6 mi
Gardens
  • Emerson Ave Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Hummingbird Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Grove: 2.9 mi
  • Kaizuka Meditation Garden: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
  • Baldwin Hills: 3.5 mi
  • Maltman peak: 9.8 mi
  • Olive Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 10.5 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 33
  • Common Grounds: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Central: 2.7 mi
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 2.8 mi
  • Garden Grove: 2.9 mi
Beaches: 21
Waterfalls: 19
  • Temescal Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 21.6 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 21.7 mi
  • Millard Falls: 21.8 mi
Springs: 6
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 7.3 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 15.1 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 22.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 8.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Centinela Adobe. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LukensNNE 20°1,546.6 m22.2 mi
Echo MountainNE 41°968 m22.2 mi
Verdugo PeakNNE 17°951.6 m17.9 mi
Wella's PeakNNE 31°910 m22.3 mi
Saddle PeakWNW 295°851 m17.9 mi
Tongva PeakNNE 22°803 m17.1 mi
Calabasas PeakWNW 302°657 m18.9 mi
Temescal PeakNW 312°648 m13.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585859616466707170676258
Precip in2.93.01.70.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.82.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Angeles Intl AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/2395435997

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