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Central Park

Central Park from directly overhead

Central Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 250 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Pasadena Historic District, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 runs past it.

How to reach it

Coordinates34.14150, -118.14970

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
Historic sites
  • Pasadena Robinson Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Defenders of the Union: 0.5 mi
  • Armenian Genocide Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Former Residence (1980-1981) of the Honorable Barack H. Obama: 1.0 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • Fork in the Road: 0.8 mi
  • St. Francis: 2.0 mi
  • Lion Dogs: 2.2 mi
  • Lion Dogs: 2.2 mi
  • Bearded Figure: 2.3 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 43
  • Art Center Food Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Sycamore Glen: 3.6 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
  • Paul Little: 6.8 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
Springs: 37
  • Not Much of a Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Doe Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 24
Beaches: 5
Cliffs: 2
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 8.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 9.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Central Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakN 10°1,879 m10.0 mi
San Gabriel PeakNNE 23°1,878 m7.6 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE 19°1,819 m7.7 mi
Mount LawlorNNE 16°1,807 m9.3 mi
Mount DeceptionNNE 15°1,767 m7.7 mi
Mount MarkhamNNE 24°1,746 m7.2 mi
Mount WilsonNE 42°1,737 m7.6 mi
Occidental PeakNNE 30°1,736 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:0916:48

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, under a mile away.

  • Red-crowned Amazon2,469 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard1,130 obs
  • coast live oak1,052 obs
  • Toyon1,049 obs
  • Yellow-headed Amazon1,035 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel915 obs
  • Mallard843 obs
  • golden currant829 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/44710337

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