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Barranca Park

Barranca Park from directly overhead

Barranca Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 163 m. Twin Peaks stands 2,365 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Cougar Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
163 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.07750, -117.88213

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cougar Park: 0.6 mi
  • Maverick-Ridge Riders Park: 0.7 mi
  • Cortez Park: 0.9 mi
  • Civic Center Park: 1.0 mi
  • Covina Park: 1.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens
  • Meditation Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Vale of Faith Gardens: 2.5 mi
  • Desert Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Desert Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Desert Garden: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 6.7 mi
  • The "M": 9.4 mi
  • Tongva Village: 9.9 mi
  • M3 Lee: 10.6 mi
  • M3 Lee: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 52
  • Site B: 2.9 mi
  • Site A: 3.0 mi
  • Site E: 3.0 mi
  • Site D: 3.0 mi
  • Site C: 3.0 mi
Springs: 36
  • Big Cienega Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Fern Springs: 10.4 mi
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 10.7 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 14.3 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Wolfskill Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 10.9 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Sturtevant Falls: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 20.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.5 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 17.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Barranca Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin PeaksN 351°2,365 m16.7 mi
Turtle's BeakENE 57°2,090 m16.2 mi
Triplet RocksN 356°1,875 m15.5 mi
Rattlesnake PeakNNE 24°1,776 m14.7 mi
Mount MarkhamNW 312°1,746 m16.6 mi
Mount WilsonNW 315°1,737 m14.4 mi
Occidental PeakNW 313°1,736 m15.8 mi
Sunset PeakNE 49°1,723 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4119:3020:07
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
December solstice06:5416:0816:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636671767875676054
Precip in2.94.12.11.00.20.10.00.00.01.00.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pomona/fairplex, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard42 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel37 obs
  • Mourning Dove36 obs
  • House Finch36 obs
  • Monarch33 obs
  • San Gabriel Mountains dudleya32 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard27 obs
  • Brown Widow26 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/440235961

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