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Athens Park

Athens Park from directly overhead

Athens Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 48 m. Muir Peak stands 1,427 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Rise and Shine, a artwork 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 10 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
48 m
Getting there

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Coordinates33.91860, -118.27976

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Attractions
Gardens
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Baldwin Hills: 9.0 mi
  • Signal Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Maltman peak: 11.6 mi
  • Ridgecrest Hill: 12.0 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
  • Washington Park Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Central: 7.9 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Temescal Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 20.0 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 21.7 mi
  • Bailey Canyon Falls: 21.9 mi
Beaches: 18
Springs: 3
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 13.5 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 20.9 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 21.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 9.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Athens Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Muir PeakNNE 26°1,427 m22.9 mi
West FujiNNE 26°1,121.969 m22.4 mi
Jones PeakNE 35°1,029 m22.6 mi
Echo MountainNNE 24°968 m22.2 mi
Verdugo PeakN 360°951.6 m20.5 mi
Wella's PeakNNE 16°910 m23.2 mi
Tongva PeakN 3°803 m19.3 mi
Temescal PeakNW 309°648 m20.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585960626567717272686358
Precip in2.73.01.70.60.30.00.00.00.20.50.72.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hawthorne Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • House Sparrow152 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel124 obs
  • Mallard122 obs
  • Canada Goose120 obs
  • Mourning Dove83 obs
  • Black Phoebe69 obs
  • American Coot65 obs
  • Western Honey Bee64 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/247975850

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