Fond Nature Preserve
Fond Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 473 m. Mount Gleason stands 1,990 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tujunga Ponds Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Fond Land Foundation
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tujunga Ponds Wildlife Sanctuary: 0.5 mi
- Big Tujunga Wash Open Space: 0.8 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 1.3 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 2.6 mi
- MCRA: 2.8 mi
- Sunland Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Sunland Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Howard Finn Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Elmer Ave Green Street: 4.9 mi
- El Cariso Mountain Garden: 5.0 mi
- Sunland Recreation Center: 1.4 mi
- Orcas Park: 1.7 mi
- Lakeview Terrace Recreation Center: 1.8 mi
- The Wendell Dayton Sculpture Park: 2.4 mi
- Kagel Canyon Park: 2.4 mi
- Destroyed Ku Klux Klan Monument: 1.6 mi
- KKK Cross: 1.6 mi
- Lake View Terrace Triangle: 3.1 mi
- American Graphite Mine: 3.3 mi
- Griffith Ranch Historical Monument: 4.2 mi
- Elephant Bush: 2.3 mi
- Tree of Life: 4.7 mi
- Kima Pakoinga: 5.2 mi
- Altar: 5.2 mi
- Dos Picos: 5.4 mi
- Limerock Peak: 3.1 mi
- Sugarloaf: 3.5 mi
- La Tuna Peak: 3.6 mi
- Kagel Mountain: 4.8 mi
- The Pinnacle: 5.1 mi
- Discovery Cube Science Center: 3.1 mi
- Bolton Hall: 3.3 mi
- Casa de López: 6.0 mi
- Martial Arts History Museum: 7.1 mi
- Nethercutt Museum: 7.4 mi
- Burbank Christmas Tree: 5.1 mi
- Convento: 7.0 mi
- Letter "H": 8.2 mi
- Warner Bros Studio Tour: 8.6 mi
- Abandoned Oil Rigs: 8.8 mi
- Wishing Tree Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Wildwood Picnic: 5.8 mi
- Stonyvale Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- North Fork Saddle: 9.2 mi
- Mineral Wells Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Fascination Spring: 1.5 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 1.5 mi
- Barrel Spring: 4.1 mi
- Indian Springs: 4.2 mi
- Yerba Buena Spring: 5.9 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 5.7 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 9.4 mi
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 10.1 mi
- Royal Falls: 10.3 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 10.6 mi
- Palisades Beach: 20.1 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 20.4 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 20.7 mi
- Mother's Beach: 21.4 mi
- Topanga County Beach: 21.4 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 10.6 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 11.7 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.1 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.3 mi
- Spa Palace: 15.7 mi
- Mentryville: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Fond Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Gleason | NE 53° | 1,990 m | 11.5 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | E 87° | 1,879 m | 12.5 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | E 99° | 1,878 m | 13.9 mi |
| Messenger Peak | NE 48° | 1,833 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | E 99° | 1,819 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Lawlor | E 91° | 1,807 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Deception | E 98° | 1,767 m | 12.9 mi |
| Mount Markham | E 101° | 1,746 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 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 | 56 | 57 | 59 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 76 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 61 | 55 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Glendale Pasadena AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1240343156
Day trips start here
- Burbank · 7 mi
- Glendale · 8 mi
- North Hollywood · 8 mi
- San Fernando Valley · 8 mi
- North Valley · 9 mi
- Studio City · 9 mi
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