Carson Park
Carson Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Temescal Peak stands 648 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is El Abrazo (Embrace), a artwork 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 16 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 10 m
How to reach it
- 15.8 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- El Abrazo (Embrace): 0.2 mi
- Fifteen: 0.2 mi
- Road to the Sea (Winding Road): 0.2 mi
- African Market Women: 0.2 mi
- Jose Rizal: 0.9 mi
- Jose Rizal Monument: 0.2 mi
- Jose Rizal (1861–1896): 0.9 mi
- Drum Barracks: 3.6 mi
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial: 5.1 mi
- George F. Canyon: 5.7 mi
- International Printing Museum: 0.7 mi
- Torrance Historical Society Museum: 2.4 mi
- Banning Residence Museum: 3.2 mi
- Lomita Railroad Museum: 3.5 mi
- Torrance Art Museum: 3.8 mi
- Veterans Park and Sports Complex: 0.8 mi
- Del Amo Park: 1.3 mi
- Calas Park: 1.3 mi
- Wishing Tree Park: 1.3 mi
- Perry Street Mini-park: 1.4 mi
- Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles: 1.1 mi
- K1 Speed Indoor Karting: 1.8 mi
- Laura Trelstad: 5.2 mi
- Tiger Woods Point: 6.0 mi
- Battleship USS Iowa: 6.4 mi
- Dominguez Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Madrona Marsh Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Walteria Lake: 4.7 mi
- Linden H. Chandler Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Takaishi Japanese Garden: 3.2 mi
- Madrona Marsh Native Garden: 3.8 mi
- Prayer Garden: 4.8 mi
- Torrance Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- South Coast Botanic Garden: 5.2 mi
- Signal Hill: 6.9 mi
- San Pedro Hill: 7.0 mi
- Ridgecrest Hill: 7.5 mi
- Landing Hill: 12.0 mi
- Baldwin Hills: 14.0 mi
- Lakeside Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Day Camp: 5.6 mi
- Washington Park Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Mother's Beach: 10.4 mi
- Common Grounds: 12.7 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 6.6 mi
- Long Beach City Beach: 8.0 mi
- Royal Palms County Beach: 8.4 mi
- Cabrillo Beach: 8.5 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 10.1 mi
- Washout Falls: 20.5 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 20.5 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 20.5 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 20.6 mi
- Temescal Falls: 22.0 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 8.7 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 9.0 mi
- Spa Palace: 15.3 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temescal Peak | NW 319° | 648 m | 24.4 mi |
| San Vicente Mountain | NNW 326° | 598 m | 24.4 mi |
| Green Peak | NW 318° | 590 m | 23.4 mi |
| Flint Peak | NNE 11° | 576 m | 23.2 mi |
| Cerro Negro | N 9° | 575 m | 24.7 mi |
| Cahuenga Peak | N 352° | 553 m | 21.1 mi |
| Goat Peak (High Point) | NW 318° | 527 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Lee | N 353° | 521 m | 20.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:11 | 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 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 66 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Torrance AP, 4 mi away.
- Western Honey Bee72 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel65 obs
- Monarch59 obs
- Common Pill Woodlouse49 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider44 obs
- Spotless Lady Beetle39 obs
- Garden Snail38 obs
- Black Phoebe37 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/247958809
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