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California Recreation Center

California Recreation Center from directly overhead

California Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Mount Hollywood stands 492 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is McBride Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 19 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
10 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.78585, -118.18062

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • McBride Park: 0.0 mi
  • Rosa Parks Park: 0.2 mi
  • Rosa Parks Park: 0.3 mi
  • Peace Park: 0.3 mi
  • Douglas MacArthur Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 0.5 mi
  • JAAN-2 Gun Battery: 1.7 mi
  • Lone Sailor commemorative: 2.2 mi
  • Bob Lemon Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Douglas Park Globe: 3.5 mi
Gardens
  • Horticulture: 0.6 mi
  • Chestnut Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • National Guard Armory Drought Tolerant Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 1.9 mi
  • drought tolerant demo garden: 2.4 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • Laura Trelstad: 1.2 mi
  • Grand Prix of Long Beach Podium: 1.5 mi
  • Grand Prix of Long Beach Finish Line: 1.7 mi
  • The Queen Mary Ship: 2.3 mi
  • Red Car Greenbelt: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves: 57
  • Marine Stadium Reserve: 3.2 mi
  • Gull Park: 3.6 mi
  • Jack Dunster Marine Biological Reserve: 3.9 mi
  • Least Tern Site: 6.1 mi
  • Dominguez Nature Preserve: 7.1 mi
Peaks: 39
Picnic sites: 30
  • Mother's Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
  • Day Camp: 11.5 mi
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
  • Washington Park Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
Beaches: 16
Waterfalls: 5
  • Washout Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 15.1 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Historic Dam: 23.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 19.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HollywoodNNW 344°492 m24.6 mi
San Pedro HillWSW 253°449 m9.4 mi
Puente HillsNE 54°435 m20.1 mi
Workman HillNE 36°424 m17.5 mi
Ridgecrest HillW 263°402 m11.3 mi
Whittier HillNNE 33°384 m17.7 mi
Glendale PeakNNW 345°361 m24.2 mi
Signal PeakESE 120°361 m24.6 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 solstice06:5516:1016:49

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 Fence Lizard217 obs
  • Monarch191 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel184 obs
  • Western Gull176 obs
  • Great Blue Heron169 obs
  • Haller's Round Ray165 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk128 obs
  • Western Honey Bee126 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 node/358826774

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