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Carolyn Rosas Park

Carolyn Rosas Park from directly overhead

Carolyn Rosas Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 153 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,737 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Gloria Heer Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 17 miles off.

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What to expect

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Coordinates33.97958, -117.90276

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Figure: 1.1 mi
  • Jumping Deer: 2.5 mi
  • Brea, North of Yesterday: 2.6 mi
  • Family: 2.9 mi
  • Vicky: 2.9 mi
Gardens
  • Hummingbird & Butterfly Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Rose Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 5.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Nike Missile LA-29 Launch Battery Site: 1.7 mi
  • Nike Missile LA-29 IFC Site: 1.7 mi
  • Don Gaspor Portola Marker: 2.9 mi
  • Brea War Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Brea Fallen Peace Officers Memorial: 4.4 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
  • Redwood Grove: 5.9 mi
  • Pirates Dinner Adventure: 10.3 mi
  • Medieval Times: 10.4 mi
  • M3 Lee: 10.4 mi
  • M3 Lee: 10.4 mi
Picnic sites: 44
  • Hidden Valley: 1.5 mi
  • Creekside: 1.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 8.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 8.9 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Schweitzer Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Washout Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 11.9 mi
  • Historic Dam: 13.4 mi
Springs: 16
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 7.4 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Fern Springs: 17.2 mi
  • Horsetrough Spring: 18.3 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 18.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 21.0 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 24.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Carolyn Rosas Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilsonNNW 332°1,737 m19.2 mi
Colver PeakNE 38°1,670 m18.8 mi
Monrovia PeakNNW 347°1,649 m16.6 mi
Sunset PointNE 39°1,646 m18.5 mi
Mount HarvardNNW 331°1,640 m18.5 mi
Rankin PeakNNW 345°1,606 m16.3 mi
Mount YaleNNW 329°1,451 m18.1 mi
Muir PeakNW 325°1,427 m19.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3020:07
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
December solstice06:5416:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F606063656872767776716559
Precip in3.23.11.80.70.40.10.10.00.10.61.02.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anaheim, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard108 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel80 obs
  • Western Honey Bee64 obs
  • milk thistle62 obs
  • White Horehound60 obs
  • Toyon56 obs
  • purple sage48 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel48 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/551549316

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