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Carr Park

Carr Park from directly overhead

Carr Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Windsor Mini Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 3.4 miles off.

Basketball Court, Children’s Play Area, and Picnic Areas

How to reach it

Coordinates34.14377, -118.22936

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Peaks
Gardens
  • Palmer Park Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • FEAST: Oxy Student Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Milagro Allegro Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Cycad Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Armstrong Native Garden: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Giant Ball: 3.0 mi
  • Student Gallery: 3.1 mi
  • Williamson Gallery: 3.1 mi
  • We Are All One: 3.3 mi
  • Fork in the Road: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites: 50
  • Sycamore Glen: 1.6 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
  • Art Center Food Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Park Center: 3.1 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 3.3 mi
Springs: 28
  • Goldenrod Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Yerba Buena Spring: 13.8 mi
Waterfalls: 23
Beaches: 9
Cliffs: 4
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 8.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 6.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Carr Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakNNE 33°1,879 m11.5 mi
San Gabriel PeakNE 47°1,878 m10.2 mi
Mount DisappointmentNE 45°1,819 m10.0 mi
Mount LawlorNE 39°1,807 m11.3 mi
Mount DeceptionNE 42°1,767 m9.8 mi
Mount MarkhamNE 49°1,746 m9.8 mi
Mount WilsonENE 60°1,737 m11.1 mi
Occidental PeakNE 53°1,736 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5616:1016:48

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, 5 mi away.

  • Western Fence Lizard1,227 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel1,125 obs
  • Western Honey Bee472 obs
  • Red-crowned Amazon440 obs
  • Black Phoebe337 obs
  • Coyote324 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco316 obs
  • Arizona Mantis311 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/468829314

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