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
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gladys Park: 0.5 mi
- San Julian Park: 0.9 mi
- Hollenbeck Park: 1.1 mi
- Pecan Playground: 1.1 mi
- Spring Street Park: 1.2 mi
- Art Share LA: 0.7 mi
- The Bright Forest: 1.0 mi
- To the Issei: 1.0 mi
- Home is Little Tokyo: 1.0 mi
- OOMO Cube: 1.0 mi
- African American Firefighter Museum: 0.8 mi
- Go For Broke National Education Center: 1.0 mi
- The Geffen Contemporary: 1.1 mi
- Union Center for the Arts: 1.1 mi
- The Latino Museum: 1.2 mi
- James Irvine Japanese Garden: 0.9 mi
- Spring Arcade Building: 1.2 mi
- Angels Flight: 1.4 mi
- El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument: 1.5 mi
- Skyspace LA: 1.5 mi
- National Japanese American Veterans Memorial Court: 1.0 mi
- Sei Fujii Memorial Lantern: 1.0 mi
- Onizuka Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Go For Broke Monument: 1.1 mi
- Los Angeles Police Department Memorial to Fallen Officers: 1.2 mi
- 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
- Elysian Park: 3.2 mi
- Ascot Hills Park: 3.8 mi
- Rose Hill Park: 4.3 mi
- Elyria Canyon Park: 4.7 mi
- La Brea Green Belt: 7.2 mi
- 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
- 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
- Mayberg Waterfall: 12.6 mi
- Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 13.5 mi
- Ribbon Rocks Falls: 13.7 mi
- Moss Grotto Falls: 13.7 mi
- Grand Chasm Falls: 13.8 mi
- Mother's Beach: 13.2 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 13.9 mi
- Palisades Beach: 15.9 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 16.7 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 18.1 mi
- 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
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 16.1 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 22.7 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.9 mi
- Spa Palace: 2.4 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 23.0 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Gabriel Peak | NNE 29° | 1,878 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | NNE 27° | 1,819 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mount Deception | NNE 25° | 1,767 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Markham | NNE 29° | 1,746 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mount Wilson | NE 37° | 1,737 m | 16.4 mi |
| Occidental Peak | NNE 32° | 1,736 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Lowe | NNE 29° | 1,699 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mount Harvard | NE 39° | 1,640 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:10 | 16:48 |
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 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 63 | 58 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/206922639
Day trips start here
- Los Angeles · 1 mi
- Los Angeles/Downtown · 1 mi
- Los Angeles/Eastside · 3 mi
- Huntington Park · 4 mi
- Los Angeles/Northwest · 4 mi
- Los Angeles/South · 4 mi
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