Upper Arroyo Seco
Upper Arroyo Seco is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 843 m. Mount Gleason stands 1,990 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Gould Canyon / Lukens Connection, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 6.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pasadena Water Department
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gould Canyon / Lukens Connection: 0.6 mi
- Upper Arroyo Seco: 0.7 mi
- Upper Arroyo Seco: 1.1 mi
- Winery Canyon Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Millard Canyon Open Space: 2.1 mi
- Glenola Park: 1.0 mi
- Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
- Olberz Park: 1.8 mi
- Mayor's Discovery Park: 2.0 mi
- Glenhaven Park: 2.2 mi
- Wella's Peak: 1.4 mi
- Brown Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Hoyt Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Cerro Negro: 3.1 mi
- Mount Lukens: 3.9 mi
- Center of the Universe: 2.2 mi
- World War 2 Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Switzer Camp: 2.8 mi
- Sylias Hoyt Homestead: 3.5 mi
- Mt Lowe Observatory Ruins: 4.1 mi
- Wedding Gate: 2.3 mi
- Children's Maze: 2.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 2.3 mi
- Center Circle: 2.3 mi
- Natures Table: 2.3 mi
- JPL Building 186 (Theodore von Kármán Museum and Auditorium): 2.3 mi
- Kidspace Children's Museum: 5.4 mi
- The Gamble House: 5.7 mi
- Bolton Hall: 5.8 mi
- Pasadena Museum of History: 5.8 mi
- Enchanted Railroad: 2.3 mi
- Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 5.0 mi
- Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 5.0 mi
- Letter "H": 5.2 mi
- Colorado Street Bridge: 6.1 mi
- Unincorporated Mural: 2.9 mi
- Our Community in the Foothills: 2.9 mi
- The Birds and Trees of Komitas: 3.0 mi
- The Redoubt: 3.3 mi
- Williamson Gallery: 4.3 mi
- Paul Little: 0.7 mi
- Switzer Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Art Center Food Garden: 4.2 mi
- Stonyvale Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Red Box Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Not Much of a Spring: 6.1 mi
- Silk Tassel Spring: 6.2 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 8.5 mi
- Fascination Spring: 8.7 mi
- Yerba Buena Spring: 8.9 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 0.7 mi
- Royal Falls: 2.0 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 2.8 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 2.8 mi
- Millard Falls: 2.9 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 2.7 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.6 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.2 mi
- Mother's Beach: 23.0 mi
- Palisades Beach: 23.4 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 24.6 mi
- Spa Palace: 12.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Upper Arroyo Seco. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Gleason | N 4° | 1,990 m | 10.1 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | NE 47° | 1,879 m | 5.4 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | E 80° | 1,878 m | 5.3 mi |
| Messenger Peak | N 357° | 1,833 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | ENE 77° | 1,819 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Lawlor | ENE 60° | 1,807 m | 5.6 mi |
| Vetter Mountain | ENE 63° | 1,783 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Deception | ENE 73° | 1,767 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:31 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 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 | 66 | 71 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pasadena, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1265265359
Day trips start here
- La Cañada Flintridge · 2 mi
- Glendale · 5 mi
- Pasadena · 6 mi
- Angeles National Forest · 8 mi
- Burbank · 8 mi
- South Pasadena · 8 mi
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