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Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 84 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Gladys Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 2.1 miles off.

The story

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA; formerly known as the Santa Monica Museum of Art) is a contemporary art museum in Los Angeles, California, United States. As an independent and non-collecting art museum (or kunsthalle), it exhibits the work of local, national, and international contemporary artists. Until May 2015, the museum was based at the Bergamot Station Arts Center in Santa Monica, California. In May 2016, the museum announced an official name change to the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA) and its relocation to Los Angeles's Downtown Arts District. The museum reopened to the public in September 2017.

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Dates from 1984.

Wikidata Q7419800, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Height
8.0 m
Elevation
83.6 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.03504, -118.23567

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
  • Flag Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Flag Garden: 1.5 mi
  • South Park Commons: 1.6 mi
  • Blue Ribbon Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Fredric Roberts Garden: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Flat Point Park: 3.8 mi
  • Maltman peak: 4.4 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 4.4 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 4.6 mi
  • Ernest E. Debs: 5.1 mi
Picnic sites: 46
  • Cedar Grove: 6.5 mi
  • Sycamore Glen: 6.5 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 6.8 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
  • Park Center: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 25
Beaches: 15
Springs: 14
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 12.8 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 17.4 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 2.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gabriel PeakNNE 29°1,878 m16.4 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE 27°1,819 m16.4 mi
Mount DeceptionNNE 25°1,767 m16.3 mi
Mount MarkhamNNE 29°1,746 m16.0 mi
Mount WilsonNE 37°1,737 m16.4 mi
Occidental PeakNNE 32°1,736 m16.3 mi
Mount LoweNNE 29°1,699 m15.5 mi
Mount HarvardNE 39°1,640 m15.8 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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/206922639

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