Skip to content
Byway
Park · California

Apollo Park

Apollo Park from directly overhead

Apollo Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,737 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Rancho Los Amigos Sports Center, a park 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 11 miles off.

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.92700, -118.15436

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rancho Los Amigos Sports Center: 0.6 mi
  • Brookshire Children's Park: 0.8 mi
  • All-American Park: 0.9 mi
  • Hollydale Community Park: 1.0 mi
  • Temple Park: 1.1 mi
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Picnic sites: 44
  • Group Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Mother's Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
  • Picnic Central: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 24
  • Schweitzer Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Washout Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 15.8 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 15.8 mi
Beaches: 13
Springs: 3
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 19.2 mi
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 21.6 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 11.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Apollo Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilsonNNE 15°1,737 m21.2 mi
Mount LoweN 8°1,699 m21.2 mi
Mount HarvardNNE 15°1,640 m20.5 mi
Mount YaleNNE 15°1,451 m19.9 mi
Muir PeakN 8°1,427 m20.2 mi
Clamshell PeakNNE 25°1,338 m21.0 mi
West FujiN 8°1,121.969 m19.7 mi
Mount BlissNNE 33°1,121 m21.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575860636669737473686257
Precip in2.93.01.60.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.82.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Beach Daugherty AP, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • House Sparrow73 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird68 obs
  • Western Honey Bee62 obs
  • Mourning Dove59 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard55 obs
  • Black Phoebe54 obs
  • Brown Widow49 obs
  • Monarch48 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/469539495

More parks in California

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore parks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Apollo Park.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens