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Bellevue Recreation Center

Bellevue Recreation Center from directly overhead

Bellevue Recreation Center is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 122 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Maltman peak, a peak 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 2.4 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks

How to reach it

Coordinates34.08487, -118.28193

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Maltman peak: 0.2 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 0.9 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 0.9 mi
  • Olive Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Ronda Vista: 1.2 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Micheltorena Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Manzanita Street Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Madison Avenue Park Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • xeriscape garden: 0.8 mi
  • Armstrong Native Garden: 1.6 mi
Parks
  • Laurel and Hardy Park: 0.4 mi
  • Madison West Park: 0.5 mi
  • Madison Avenue Park: 0.7 mi
  • Silver Lake Recreation Center: 1.0 mi
  • Bimini Slough Ecology Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 50
  • Cedar Grove: 2.4 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 2.8 mi
  • Captain's Roost: 3.2 mi
  • Tom LaBonge Panorama: 3.2 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Springs: 20
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 10.5 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 13.5 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 16.4 mi
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 5
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 14.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.1 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 24.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 2.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Bellevue Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gabriel PeakNE 44°1,878 m15.2 mi
Mount DisappointmentNE 42°1,819 m15.1 mi
Mount LawlorNE 38°1,807 m16.4 mi
Mount DeceptionNE 40°1,767 m14.8 mi
Mount MarkhamNE 45°1,746 m14.8 mi
Mount WilsonNE 53°1,737 m15.9 mi
Occidental PeakNE 47°1,736 m15.4 mi
Mount LoweNE 45°1,699 m14.3 mi

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, 4 mi away.

  • Mallard648 obs
  • Canada Goose572 obs
  • American Coot567 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk491 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel455 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle352 obs
  • House Sparrow319 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron307 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/201733907

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