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La Brea Green Belt

La Brea Green Belt from directly overhead

La Brea Green Belt is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Mount Lukens stands 1,547 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream" Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 7.2 miles off.

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Getting there

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Coordinates34.00827, -118.35686

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Gardens
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Grove: 0.3 mi
  • Hummingbird Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Doris' Japanese Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Funkmeyer New Reality Garden: 2.3 mi
Parks
  • Norman O. Houston Park: 0.7 mi
  • Ingold Park: 0.7 mi
  • Baldwin Hills Recreation Center: 1.2 mi
  • Yvonne Burke Sports Complex: 1.2 mi
  • Stoneview Nature Center: 1.2 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Baldwin Hills: 1.6 mi
  • Maltman peak: 7.1 mi
  • Olive Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 7.7 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 7.7 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Tembo's residence: 2.7 mi
  • Numb3rs house: 2.7 mi
  • Sony Pictures Studio Tour: 2.7 mi
  • Six Feet Under funeral home: 2.8 mi
  • Jeanne French's Car: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 37
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
  • Picnic Central: 0.7 mi
  • Garden Grove: 0.7 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 0.8 mi
  • Lake Side: 0.8 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Temescal Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 18.8 mi
  • Millard Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Ribbon Rocks Falls: 19.4 mi
Beaches: 21
Springs: 13
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 6.3 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 13.3 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 6.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of La Brea Green Belt. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LukensNNE 20°1,546.6 m19.2 mi
Muir PeakNE 45°1,427 m20.4 mi
Brown MountainNE 37°1,363 m19.8 mi
Hoyt MountainNNE 30°1,346 m20.8 mi
West FujiNE 46°1,121.969 m19.9 mi
Echo MountainNE 44°968 m19.5 mi
Verdugo PeakNNE 17°951.6 m15.0 mi
Wella's PeakNNE 34°910 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575860626468717170676157
Precip in3.33.52.20.60.40.10.00.00.10.60.92.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Culver City, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/833082882

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