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Rivas Canyon Park

Rivas Canyon Park from directly overhead

Rivas Canyon Park is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 154 m. Verdugo Peak stands 952 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Will Rogers State Historic Park, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
154 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Los Angeles
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.05792, -118.51812

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Maison Johnny Halliday: 1.1 mi
  • fresh prince of bel air: 1.7 mi
  • Case Study House #9: 1.9 mi
  • Historic end of Route 66: 3.5 mi
  • Breakdance Showdown: 3.5 mi
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
  • Lower Terrace Sculpture Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Central Garden: 2.8 mi
  • East Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Fran and Ray Stark Sculpture Terrace: 2.8 mi
  • Herb Garden: 2.9 mi
Picnic sites: 34
  • Common Grounds: 8.1 mi
  • Lake Side: 9.1 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 9.1 mi
  • Garden Grove: 9.1 mi
  • Picnic Central: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 25
Springs: 12
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 3.5 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 7.1 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 16.5 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Temescal Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 15.0 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 15.0 mi
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 21.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Malibu Bluffs: 10.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.3 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 23.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 14.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Rivas Canyon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Verdugo PeakNE 51°951.6 m17.4 mi
Castro PeakW 277°855 m15.4 mi
Saddle PeakW 280°851 m8.0 mi
Mission PointN 357°832 m17.6 mi
Tongva PeakENE 57°803 m17.7 mi
Rocky PeakNNW 337°797 m17.5 mi
Simi PeakNW 304°732 m18.1 mi
Chatsworth PeakNNW 333°692 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3220:09
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5716:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F595859616366707273686458
Precip in4.64.82.70.70.40.20.00.00.10.70.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Getty CTR, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard842 obs
  • canyon sunflower198 obs
  • California brittlebush198 obs
  • California Buckwheat177 obs
  • chaparral yucca177 obs
  • Large-flowered Phacelia173 obs
  • Cliff Aster171 obs
  • laurel sumac166 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/913748768

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