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Boyle Heights Recreation Center

Boyle Heights Recreation Center from directly overhead

Boyle Heights Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 80 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Boyle Heights Sports Center Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 2.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
80 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.03074, -118.21492

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
  • The Wall That Speaks, Sings, and Shouts: 1.5 mi
  • Art Share LA: 1.6 mi
  • Home is Little Tokyo: 1.9 mi
  • OOMO Cube: 1.9 mi
  • To the Issei: 1.9 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Flag Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Flag Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Fredric Roberts Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Blue Ribbon Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Blue Ribbon Garden: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Flat Point Park: 3.8 mi
  • Ernest E. Debs: 5.0 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 5.3 mi
  • Maltman peak: 5.3 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 45
  • Sycamore Glen: 6.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 7.3 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 7.6 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
  • Park Center: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 25
Springs: 15
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 14.0 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 18.6 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 19.9 mi
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 3.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Boyle Heights Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gabriel PeakNNE 24°1,878 m16.1 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE 23°1,819 m16.2 mi
Mount LawlorNNE 21°1,807 m17.8 mi
Mount DeceptionNNE 21°1,767 m16.1 mi
Mount MarkhamNNE 25°1,746 m15.7 mi
Mount WilsonNNE 33°1,737 m16.0 mi
Occidental PeakNNE 28°1,736 m16.0 mi
Mount LoweNNE 24°1,699 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:1016:48

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Red-tailed Hawk119 obs
  • Mallard93 obs
  • American Herring Gull89 obs
  • House Sparrow88 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard75 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel74 obs
  • Muscovy Duck71 obs
  • Rock Pigeon63 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/117751118

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