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Barnsdall Art Park

Barnsdall Art Park from directly overhead

Barnsdall Art Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 140 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, a museum 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 3.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
140 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates34.10045, -118.29469

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Peaks
  • Olive Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Ronda Vista: 1.1 mi
  • Maltman peak: 1.3 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 1.4 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 1.5 mi
Parks
  • Vermont Triangle Pocket Park: 0.2 mi
  • The Magical Park: 0.4 mi
  • Madison Avenue Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lemon Grove Recreation Center: 1.1 mi
  • Seily Rodriguez Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Madison Avenue Park Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Manzanita Street Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Micheltorena Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • xeriscape garden: 1.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
Attractions
  • Samuel-Novarro House: 1.2 mi
  • Cecil B. DeMille: 1.5 mi
  • Tyrone Power: 1.5 mi
  • Rudolph Valentino: 1.5 mi
  • Mickey Rooney: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 44
  • Cedar Grove: 1.5 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 1.9 mi
  • Captain's Roost: 1.9 mi
  • Tom LaBonge Panorama: 2.0 mi
  • 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
Springs: 22
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 10.1 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 12.4 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 5
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 13.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 19.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 19.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 19.8 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 23.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 3.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Barnsdall Art Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gabriel PeakNE 49°1,878 m14.9 mi
Mount DisappointmentNE 47°1,819 m14.8 mi
Mount DeceptionNE 45°1,767 m14.5 mi
Mount MarkhamNE 50°1,746 m14.6 mi
Occidental PeakNE 52°1,736 m15.2 mi
Mount LoweNE 50°1,699 m14.1 mi
Josephine PeakNNE 32°1,694 m15.1 mi
Mount HarvardENE 60°1,640 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5616:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585961646669737574696358
Precip in3.33.62.20.70.30.10.00.00.10.60.82.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Angeles Downtown/usc, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Acorn Woodpecker1,059 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk912 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel736 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard729 obs
  • Coyote677 obs
  • House Finch613 obs
  • California Towhee586 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay562 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/76559993

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