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Brookside Park

Brookside Park from directly overhead

Brookside Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 240 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north-northeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Kidspace Children's Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 1.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
240 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.15308, -118.16438

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Gardens
Historic sites
  • Armenian Genocide Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Defenders of the Union: 1.0 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Pasadena Robinson Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Former Residence (1980-1981) of the Honorable Barack H. Obama: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Williamson Gallery: 1.6 mi
  • Fork in the Road: 1.6 mi
  • Student Gallery: 1.6 mi
  • Unincorporated Mural: 3.1 mi
  • St. Francis: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 43
  • Art Center Food Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Sycamore Glen: 3.2 mi
  • Paul Little: 5.8 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
Springs: 37
  • Not Much of a Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Doe Spring: 13.8 mi
Waterfalls: 24
Beaches: 5
Cliffs: 4
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 7.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 9.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Brookside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakNNE 16°1,879 m9.4 mi
San Gabriel PeakNNE 31°1,878 m7.3 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE 28°1,819 m7.3 mi
Mount LawlorNNE 23°1,807 m8.8 mi
Mount DeceptionNNE 23°1,767 m7.2 mi
Mount MarkhamNNE 33°1,746 m6.9 mi
Mount WilsonNE 50°1,737 m7.7 mi
Occidental PeakNE 39°1,736 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:0916:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575861636671767776706256
Precip in4.55.23.01.10.50.20.10.00.20.81.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pasadena, 1 mi away.

  • Red-crowned Amazon2,463 obs
  • Toyon1,049 obs
  • coast live oak1,033 obs
  • Yellow-headed Amazon1,032 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard1,018 obs
  • golden currant838 obs
  • laurel sumac827 obs
  • Mallard778 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/30929924

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