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Alhambra Park

Alhambra Park from directly overhead

Alhambra Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 160 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Burke Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 1.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
160 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.09686, -118.14568

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Peaks
  • Oneonta Knoll: 0.5 mi
  • Grace Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Ernest E. Debs: 2.7 mi
  • Poppy Peak: 3.0 mi
  • Flat Point Park: 3.6 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
  • South Pasadena Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Southwest Loop Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Front Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Southeast Loop Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Doerr Arbor Garden: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 46
  • Sycamore Glen: 4.2 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Art Center Food Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
Springs: 35
  • Not Much of a Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Doe Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 27
Beaches: 8
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 11.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Alhambra Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakN 6°1,879 m13.0 mi
San Gabriel PeakNNE 15°1,878 m10.5 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE 13°1,819 m10.6 mi
Mount LawlorN 11°1,807 m12.2 mi
Mount DeceptionN 10°1,767 m10.7 mi
Mount MarkhamNNE 15°1,746 m10.0 mi
Mount WilsonNNE 29°1,737 m10.0 mi
Occidental PeakNNE 20°1,736 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:0916:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575861636771757775696257
Precip in3.64.22.50.60.50.10.00.00.10.60.92.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Gabriel Fire Dept, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel252 obs
  • Western Honey Bee221 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard218 obs
  • Arizona Mantis207 obs
  • Milk Snail169 obs
  • Monarch157 obs
  • Mourning Dove155 obs
  • Gray Bird Grasshopper143 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/78334003

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