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Branford Park

Branford Park from directly overhead

Branford Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 259 m. Iron Mountain stands 1,718 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cottonwood Urban Farm, a garden 0.7 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
259 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.23197, -118.42308

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
  • Tujunga Spreading Grounds Community Open Space: 0.9 mi
  • Sheldon Arleta Park: 0.9 mi
  • Panorama Park: 1.1 mi
  • Fernangeles Recreation Center: 1.2 mi
  • Bellaire Avenue Park: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Convento: 3.6 mi
  • Workaholics -- The House: 3.7 mi
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 4.1 mi
  • The Japanese Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Picnic sites: 54
  • Wishing Tree Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
  • Mineral Wells Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • Amir's Garden Picnic Site: 9.7 mi
  • 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
  • Captain's Roost: 10.0 mi
Springs: 29
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 6.7 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Indian Springs: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 10.0 mi
  • Trail Canyon Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 13.8 mi
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.5 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 15.4 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 15.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 20.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Branford Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Iron MountainNE 54°1,717.5 m13.7 mi
Condor PeakENE 61°1,658 m13.3 mi
Mount LukensENE 76°1,546.6 m10.8 mi
Condor PointENE 60°1,538.3 m12.5 mi
Fox MountainENE 66°1,534 m14.0 mi
Mount McKinleyNE 51°1,497 m11.7 mi
Magic MountainNNE 27°1,477 m11.9 mi
Mendenhall PeakNE 38°1,413.1 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5716:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565759626670767775686155
Precip in3.03.92.40.70.30.10.00.00.10.60.72.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Glendale Pasadena AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mourning Dove126 obs
  • Western Honey Bee125 obs
  • Gray Bird Grasshopper112 obs
  • Monarch98 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird87 obs
  • Convergent Lady Beetle78 obs
  • Guinea Paper Wasp73 obs
  • House Finch73 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/487189263

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