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Barrington Recreation Center

Barrington Recreation Center from directly overhead

Barrington Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 132 m. Verdugo Peak stands 952 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Barrington Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
132 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.06164, -118.46898

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Barrington Park: 0.2 mi
  • The Landmark Park: 1.0 mi
  • Weyburn Park Area: 1.0 mi
  • Westwood Park: 1.4 mi
  • Irma and Norman Switzer Plaza: 1.5 mi
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Cactus Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Lower Terrace Sculpture Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Central Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Fran and Ray Stark Sculpture Terrace: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
Picnic sites: 37
  • Common Grounds: 6.6 mi
  • Lake Side: 6.7 mi
  • Garden Grove: 6.7 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Central: 6.9 mi
Beaches: 22
Waterfalls: 21
  • Temescal Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 17.8 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 17.9 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 20.5 mi
Springs: 12
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 1.3 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 7.0 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Malibu Bluffs: 13.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.6 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 22.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 11.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Barrington Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Verdugo PeakNE 45°951.6 m15.1 mi
Castro PeakW 275°855 m18.2 mi
Saddle PeakW 276°851 m10.7 mi
Mission PointNNW 348°832 m17.7 mi
Tongva PeakNE 52°803 m15.2 mi
Chatsworth PeakNW 324°692 m16.7 mi
Calabasas PeakWNW 288°657 m11.1 mi
Temescal PeakWNW 300°648 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3220:09
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F605960626366707171686459
Precip in4.14.72.70.80.40.10.00.00.10.71.02.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — U C L A, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Dark-eyed Junco2,185 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel1,083 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard1,044 obs
  • Western Honey Bee587 obs
  • California Towhee533 obs
  • Garden Snail500 obs
  • Song Sparrow389 obs
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler380 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/443668556

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