Balboa Sports Center
Balboa Sports Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 217 m. May Peak stands 1,203 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Sepulveda Dam Recreational Area, a park 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 217 m
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sepulveda Dam Recreational Area: 0.4 mi
- Quad: 0.8 mi
- Pedlow Field: 0.8 mi
- Sepulveda Garden Center (North): 0.9 mi
- Sepulveda Basin Off-Leash Dog Park: 1.0 mi
- Los Encinos State Historic Park: 1.2 mi
- Valley Relics Museum: 2.5 mi
- Skirball Cultural Center: 3.9 mi
- Museum of the San Fernando Valley: 4.7 mi
- West Valley Museum: 5.9 mi
- The Japanese Garden: 1.3 mi
- Workaholics -- The House: 2.5 mi
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 4.6 mi
- Ralph Prator Fountain: 4.6 mi
- Convento: 7.0 mi
- The Assyrian Genocide Memorial Wall: 1.4 mi
- H.K. Valley Center Gate: 1.9 mi
- Adventures of Superman: 2.5 mi
- Van Dekker House (Plaque): 3.8 mi
- Charles R. Kessler, Ph.D.: 4.1 mi
- Horse & Wagon: 2.3 mi
- Dinosaur: 2.3 mi
- Dinosaurs: 2.6 mi
- Dinosaurs: 2.8 mi
- Untitled: 3.3 mi
- Los Angeles River & Aliso Creek Confluence Park: 2.4 mi
- Arboretum and Braille Trail: 4.0 mi
- Hakea: 4.2 mi
- Cactus: 4.2 mi
- Kangaroo Paws: 4.2 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 2.6 mi
- Encino Reservoir: 3.1 mi
- Deervale-Stone Canyon Park: 3.6 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 3.6 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 3.6 mi
- San Vicente Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Gizmo Peak: 3.9 mi
- Chalk Hill: 4.5 mi
- Red Barn Hill: 4.7 mi
- Temescal Peak: 5.9 mi
- shady grass: 5.8 mi
- Redwood Grove: 5.9 mi
- Wishing Tree Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Captain's Roost: 12.0 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 10.0 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 10.0 mi
- Topanga County Beach: 10.6 mi
- Palisades Beach: 10.6 mi
- Big Rock Beach: 11.8 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 7.0 mi
- Temescal Falls: 7.8 mi
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 13.4 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 17.2 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 18.3 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 1.2 mi
- Eagle Spring: 6.1 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 9.5 mi
- Hialeah Springs: 10.1 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 11.5 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.1 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.4 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.4 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 15.2 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 20.6 mi
- Mentryville: 15.3 mi
- Spa Palace: 15.7 mi
- Coba Arch: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Balboa Sports Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May Peak | NNE 19° | 1,203 m | 12.8 mi |
| Oat Mountain | NNW 332° | 1,138 m | 11.9 mi |
| Contract Point | NNE 25° | 1,108 m | 12.6 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NE 37° | 1,094 m | 14.9 mi |
| Kagel Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,081 m | 12.7 mi |
| Verdugo Peak | ENE 78° | 951.6 m | 13.0 mi |
| Limerock Peak | NE 40° | 905 m | 12.8 mi |
| Towsley Peak | NNW 338° | 875 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:11 | 16:49 |
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 | 57 | 61 | 63 | 68 | 72 | 78 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — VAN Nuys AP, 3 mi away.
- Mallard1,858 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant1,099 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk1,095 obs
- Snowy Egret1,003 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird962 obs
- Great Egret870 obs
- Great Blue Heron844 obs
- Pied-billed Grebe821 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/316623880
Day trips start here
- South Valley · 1 mi
- Van Nuys · 3 mi
- North Valley · 4 mi
- Sherman Oaks · 4 mi
- San Fernando Valley · 5 mi
- Studio City · 6 mi
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