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Sycamore Canyon Park

Sycamore Canyon Park from directly overhead

Sycamore Canyon Park is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 487 m. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is La Puerta Sports Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 24 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
487 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.13269, -117.72130

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Coastal Sage Scrub: 1.1 mi
  • Baja California: 1.1 mi
  • Western Junipers: 1.1 mi
  • Blue Fan Palms: 1.1 mi
  • Nutall's Scrub Oaks: 1.1 mi
Museums
Peaks
Artworks
  • Intersections II: 1.3 mi
  • Pomegranate Trees: 1.6 mi
  • Millard Sheets Art Center: 2.0 mi
  • Scripps Graffiti Wall: 2.0 mi
  • Walker Wall: 2.2 mi
Attractions
  • Tongva Village: 1.4 mi
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 4.3 mi
  • Bridge to Nowhere: 10.5 mi
  • Galleano Winery: 13.3 mi
  • River Trails Park: 16.2 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves: 55
Picnic sites: 38
  • Site A: 3.2 mi
  • Site C: 3.2 mi
  • Site B: 3.2 mi
  • Site A: 3.7 mi
  • Site B: 4.3 mi
Springs: 34
  • Big Cienega Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Forked Spruce Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Columbine Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Fern Springs: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Wolfskill Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 7.9 mi
  • San Antonio Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Etiwanda Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Norco Bluffs: 15.9 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 15.9 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 15.9 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 8.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Sycamore Canyon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount San AntonioNNE 22°3,068 m11.6 mi
West BaldyNNE 20°3,044 m11.3 mi
Pine MountainNNE 19°2,942 m13.2 mi
Dawson PeakNNE 22°2,917 m12.7 mi
Mount HarwoodNNE 25°2,907 m11.8 mi
Telegraph PeakNE 38°2,713 m11.4 mi
Cucamonga PeakNE 51°2,695 m10.0 mi
Mount HawkinsNNW 342°2,677 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:3019:03
June solstice05:4019:2920:06
September equinox06:4018:1618:49
December solstice06:5416:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636671767875676054
Precip in2.94.12.11.00.20.10.00.00.01.00.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pomona/fairplex, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard835 obs
  • Western Gray Squirrel361 obs
  • Monarch345 obs
  • California Towhee316 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel306 obs
  • laurel sumac290 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard283 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay275 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/921626187

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