Cardenas Recreation Center
Cardenas Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 240 m. Mount Lukens stands 1,547 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Future Memories, a artwork 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 240 m
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Future Memories: 0.6 mi
- Kobe mural: 0.8 mi
- Our Lady of Peace: 1.6 mi
- Aztec Solar Calendar: 2.0 mi
- Untitled: 2.2 mi
- Marson Street Pocket Park: 0.6 mi
- Panorama Park: 1.2 mi
- Van Nuys Recreation Center: 1.5 mi
- Hartland Mini Park: 1.9 mi
- Albert Piantanida Park: 2.0 mi
- Cottonwood Urban Farm: 1.6 mi
- MHCC Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Rainforest: 4.4 mi
- Botanical Garden: 4.4 mi
- Elmer Ave Green Street: 4.4 mi
- Workaholics -- The House: 1.9 mi
- The Japanese Garden: 2.7 mi
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 3.0 mi
- Convento: 4.0 mi
- Ralph Prator Fountain: 4.7 mi
- Tree Disguise: 2.1 mi
- Tree Disguise: 2.1 mi
- Chapel of the Cross Lutheran: 2.7 mi
- H.K. Valley Center Gate: 3.7 mi
- Camino Real Bell: 4.0 mi
- Valley Relics Museum: 2.6 mi
- Los Encinos State Historic Park: 4.6 mi
- Casa de López: 4.7 mi
- Discovery Cube Science Center: 5.3 mi
- Museum of the San Fernando Valley: 5.4 mi
- Deervale-Stone Canyon Park: 5.0 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 5.4 mi
- Oak Forest Canyon Natural Area: 5.5 mi
- Fossil Ridge Park: 5.5 mi
- Dixie Canyon Park: 5.9 mi
- La Tuna Peak: 6.7 mi
- San Vicente Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Gizmo Peak: 7.6 mi
- Red Barn Hill: 7.7 mi
- Sugarloaf: 7.7 mi
- Wishing Tree Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Redwood Grove: 8.6 mi
- shady grass: 8.9 mi
- Mineral Wells Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 10.7 mi
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 10.8 mi
- Temescal Falls: 11.2 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 13.5 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 15.7 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 4.6 mi
- Fascination Spring: 9.2 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 9.3 mi
- Eagle Spring: 9.9 mi
- Los Pinetos Spring: 9.9 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 13.4 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 13.6 mi
- Palisades Beach: 13.7 mi
- Topanga County Beach: 14.2 mi
- Big Rock Beach: 15.5 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.2 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.6 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.8 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 17.4 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 19.0 mi
- Mentryville: 14.4 mi
- Spa Palace: 15.2 mi
- Coba Arch: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Cardenas Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lukens | ENE 73° | 1,546.6 m | 12.9 mi |
| Mount McKinley | NE 52° | 1,497 m | 13.8 mi |
| Magic Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,477 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mendenhall Peak | NE 41° | 1,413.1 m | 12.2 mi |
| May Peak | N 9° | 1,203 m | 9.6 mi |
| Oat Mountain | NW 314° | 1,138 m | 11.5 mi |
| Contract Point | NNE 17° | 1,108 m | 9.2 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NE 34° | 1,094 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:10 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 57 | 61 | 63 | 68 | 72 | 78 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — VAN Nuys AP, 2 mi away.
- Gray Bird Grasshopper126 obs
- Mourning Dove117 obs
- Western Honey Bee117 obs
- Monarch113 obs
- Guinea Paper Wasp80 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider74 obs
- Mediterranean Mantis71 obs
- House Sparrow68 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/486261709
Day trips start here
- North Valley · 2 mi
- San Fernando Valley · 2 mi
- Van Nuys · 2 mi
- Sherman Oaks · 4 mi
- North Hollywood · 5 mi
- South Valley · 5 mi
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