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Bixby Park

Bixby Park from directly overhead

Bixby Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. Gilman Peak stands 514 m to the east-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is JAAN-2 Gun Battery, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 21 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
16 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.76596, -118.16737

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Valparaiso Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Caroll Park West: 0.3 mi
  • Carroll Park: 0.4 mi
  • Miracle on 4th Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Trolley Park: 0.9 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • John Parkin Green Space: 1.0 mi
  • Chestnut Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Horticulture: 1.8 mi
  • National Guard Armory Drought Tolerant Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 2.4 mi
Attractions
  • Grand Prix of Long Beach Podium: 1.0 mi
  • Grand Prix of Long Beach Finish Line: 1.2 mi
  • The Queen Mary Ship: 1.6 mi
  • Red Car Greenbelt: 1.8 mi
  • Laura Trelstad: 2.6 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves: 51
  • Marine Stadium Reserve: 2.2 mi
  • Jack Dunster Marine Biological Reserve: 2.8 mi
  • Gull Park: 3.4 mi
  • Least Tern Site: 5.8 mi
  • Dominguez Nature Preserve: 8.6 mi
Peaks: 32
Picnic sites: 22
  • Mother's Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Day Camp: 12.7 mi
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • Sunset Ridge Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
Beaches: 16
Waterfalls: 5
  • Washout Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 14.5 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Historic Dam: 23.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 20.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bixby Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gilman PeakENE 64°514 m24.9 mi
San Pedro HillW 262°449 m9.8 mi
Puente HillsNE 50°435 m20.3 mi
Workman HillNNE 31°424 m18.2 mi
Ridgecrest HillW 270°402 m12.0 mi
Whittier HillNNE 29°384 m18.5 mi
Signal PeakESE 118°361 m23.3 mi
Robbers PeakE 80°329 m23.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3020:07
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5416:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575860636669737473686257
Precip in2.93.01.60.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.82.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Beach Daugherty AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Gull515 obs
  • Monarch420 obs
  • Great Blue Heron374 obs
  • Rock Pigeon325 obs
  • Brown Pelican271 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel213 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider200 obs
  • Haller's Round Ray197 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/27283417

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