Puente Hills Preserve
Puente Hills Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 271 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Garden of the Innocent, a garden 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 11 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Puente Hills Habitat Preservation Authority
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Garden of the Innocent: 0.6 mi
- Mystic Garden: 0.8 mi
- Imperial Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Pinewood Urn Garden: 1.3 mi
- Dawn Terrace: 1.3 mi
- Whittier Hill: 0.7 mi
- Workman Hill: 1.2 mi
- Montebello Hills: 4.8 mi
- West Coyote Hills: 6.9 mi
- West Coyote Hills: 7.7 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Bosque del Rio Hondo Natural Area: 3.5 mi
- Central Park: 1.2 mi
- William Penn Park: 1.4 mi
- Friends Park: 1.7 mi
- John Greenleaf Whittier Park: 1.8 mi
- Orange Grove Park: 1.9 mi
- Red Rascal: 1.3 mi
- Flukes: 1.3 mi
- From the Tree: 1.3 mi
- The Dress: 1.4 mi
- Crab Louis: 1.5 mi
- Whittier Museum: 1.5 mi
- Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum: 3.7 mi
- Rowland & Dibble Museum: 3.8 mi
- Rowland House (historical): 3.9 mi
- American Military Musuem: 4.4 mi
- LA-14 Nike Missile Site: 1.6 mi
- Avocado Heights Oak Tree Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Freedom Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Valley View Farms History Tour Marker: 6.3 mi
- Valley View Farms Business Center Plaque: 6.3 mi
- M3 Lee: 4.4 mi
- M3 Lee: 4.4 mi
- Citadel Outlets: 7.5 mi
- Apollo Boilerplate 12: 8.2 mi
- Misión San Gabriel Archángel: 8.5 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Hidden Valley: 5.5 mi
- Creekside: 5.5 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 9.0 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 10.2 mi
- Bailey Canyon Falls: 12.8 mi
- Hermit Falls: 13.5 mi
- Fish Canyon Falls: 14.0 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 14.1 mi
- Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 14.4 mi
- Big Cienega Spring: 16.4 mi
- McDermont Spring: 17.0 mi
- Fern Springs: 18.3 mi
- Doe Spring: 21.1 mi
- Mother's Beach: 17.3 mi
- Long Beach City Beach: 18.1 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 20.8 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 22.9 mi
- Huntington City Beach: 23.8 mi
- Spa Palace: 14.7 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Puente Hills Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Gabriel Peak | NNW 346° | 1,878 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | NNW 345° | 1,819 m | 18.0 mi |
| Mount Markham | NNW 345° | 1,746 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Wilson | N 352° | 1,737 m | 15.9 mi |
| Occidental Peak | NNW 348° | 1,736 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mount Lowe | NNW 344° | 1,699 m | 17.0 mi |
| Monrovia Peak | NNE 11° | 1,649 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mount Harvard | N 351° | 1,640 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:30 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:09 | 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 | 57 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 62 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Gabriel Fire Dept, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/865485378
Day trips start here
- Whittier · 2 mi
- Hacienda Heights · 3 mi
- Pico Rivera · 4 mi
- El Monte · 5 mi
- Santa Fe Springs · 5 mi
- La Habra · 6 mi
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