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LAX El Segundo Dunes Preserve

LAX El Segundo Dunes Preserve from directly overhead

LAX El Segundo Dunes Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Verdugo Peak stands 952 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Vista del Mar Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 14 miles off.

Nature preserve, especially for El Segundo Blue butterfly

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.94502, -118.43908

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Vista del Mar Park: 0.1 mi
  • Trask Triangle Park: 0.5 mi
  • Gas Company Field: 1.2 mi
  • Titmouse Park: 1.2 mi
  • Del Rey Lagoon Park: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Santa Monica Bay: 1.7 mi
  • Kiiy: 1.9 mi
  • Gathering Place: 1.9 mi
  • Urbanscape: 1.9 mi
  • LMU: 2.2 mi
Artworks
  • Audubon warbler topiaries: 1.9 mi
  • Ballona Sea Change: 2.0 mi
  • Extinción: 2.5 mi
  • Enagua: 2.5 mi
  • Walking Fingers: 2.6 mi
Gardens
  • Emerson Ave Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • SPY Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Marine Park Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Airport Avenue Demonstration Gardens: 4.9 mi
  • Culver City Community Garden: 4.9 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Peaks
Picnic sites: 29
  • Common Grounds: 2.6 mi
  • Washington Park Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
  • Picnic Central: 5.9 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 5.9 mi
  • Lake Side: 6.0 mi
Beaches: 21
Springs: 6
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 7.0 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 15.2 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Temescal Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 20.6 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 20.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 12.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of LAX El Segundo Dunes Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Verdugo PeakNNE 26°951.6 m20.8 mi
Castro PeakWNW 296°855 m22.1 mi
Saddle PeakNW 307°851 m15.4 mi
Tongva PeakNNE 31°803 m20.2 mi
Calabasas PeakNW 313°657 m16.8 mi
Temescal PeakNNW 329°648 m12.7 mi
McAuley PeakWNW 298°625 m18.5 mi
San Vicente MountainNNW 342°598 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3220:09
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Snowy Egret875 obs
  • Willet822 obs
  • Western Gull733 obs
  • Great Blue Heron577 obs
  • American Coot549 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant497 obs
  • Mallard488 obs
  • Brown Pelican487 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/265895184

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