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Busch Gardens

Busch Gardens from directly overhead

Busch Gardens is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 203 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Arlington Garden, a garden 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 0.7 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
203 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.12945, -118.16479

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Attractions
Artworks
  • Fork in the Road: 0.6 mi
  • St. Francis: 2.2 mi
  • Lion Dogs: 2.8 mi
  • Lion Dogs: 2.8 mi
  • Allegorical Figure: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Former Residence (1980-1981) of the Honorable Barack H. Obama: 1.1 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Defenders of the Union: 1.6 mi
  • Armenian Genocide Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Pasadena Robinson Memorial: 1.7 mi
Picnic sites: 44
  • Sycamore Glen: 2.6 mi
  • Art Center Food Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 6.7 mi
Springs: 36
  • Not Much of a Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Doe Spring: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 24
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 4
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 8.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 7.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Busch Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakNNE 13°1,879 m10.9 mi
San Gabriel PeakNNE 26°1,878 m8.7 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE 23°1,819 m8.8 mi
Mount LawlorNNE 20°1,807 m10.4 mi
Mount DeceptionNNE 19°1,767 m8.7 mi
Mount MarkhamNNE 27°1,746 m8.3 mi
Mount WilsonNE 42°1,737 m8.8 mi
Occidental PeakNNE 32°1,736 m8.6 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, 2 mi away.

  • Red-crowned Amazon2,443 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard1,173 obs
  • coast live oak1,101 obs
  • Toyon1,091 obs
  • Yellow-headed Amazon1,008 obs
  • laurel sumac849 obs
  • golden currant843 obs
  • Mallard791 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 node/358818378

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