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Arroyo Seco Park

Arroyo Seco Park from directly overhead

Arroyo Seco Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 198 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Tierra de la Culebra Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 runs past it.

What the record says

Elevation
198 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.10409, -118.18955

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Ernest E. Debs: 0.3 mi
  • Flat Point Park: 1.6 mi
  • Poppy Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Fiji Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Oneonta Knoll: 2.2 mi
Museums
Gardens
Historic sites
  • Chicken Boy: 0.4 mi
  • Former Residence (1980-1981) of the Honorable Barack H. Obama: 3.0 mi
  • County of Los Angeles Fire Department Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Chinatown East Gate: 3.8 mi
  • Chinatown West Gate: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Artworks
Picnic sites: 47
  • Sycamore Glen: 2.0 mi
  • Art Center Food Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 5.4 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 5.5 mi
Springs: 27
  • Not Much of a Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 23
Beaches: 9
Cliffs: 4
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 10.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 5.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Arroyo Seco Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakNNE 18°1,879 m13.0 mi
San Gabriel PeakNNE 28°1,878 m10.9 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE 26°1,819 m11.0 mi
Mount LawlorNNE 23°1,807 m12.5 mi
Mount DeceptionNNE 23°1,767 m10.9 mi
Mount MarkhamNNE 29°1,746 m10.5 mi
Mount WilsonNE 42°1,737 m11.1 mi
Occidental PeakNE 34°1,736 m10.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:0916:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575861636671767776706256
Precip in4.55.23.01.10.50.20.10.00.20.81.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pasadena, 4 mi away.

  • Milk Snail1,267 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard729 obs
  • Southern California Walnut711 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk463 obs
  • Toyon390 obs
  • White Horehound349 obs
  • Western Honey Bee328 obs
  • Coyote291 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358779974

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