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Central Park West

Central Park West from directly overhead

Central Park West is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 116 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Morgan Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
116 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.08496, -117.95292

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
  • Santa Fe Dam Nature Center Display Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.3 mi
  • APES Garden: 5.7 mi
  • APES Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Admiration Terrace: 6.2 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
Picnic sites: 59
  • Picnic Area 2: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 1.7 mi
  • Site B: 6.0 mi
  • Site E: 6.1 mi
  • Site A: 6.1 mi
Springs: 34
  • Big Cienega Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Fern Springs: 10.9 mi
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 13.8 mi
  • Doe Spring: 15.1 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 7.1 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Bailey Canyon Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Sturtevant Falls: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 16.6 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 23.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 24.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 24.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Mother's Beach: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Central Park West. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gabriel PeakNW 323°1,878 m13.7 mi
Triplet RocksN 11°1,875 m15.2 mi
Mount DisappointmentNW 322°1,819 m14.1 mi
Mount LawlorNW 326°1,807 m15.5 mi
Vetter MountainNNW 344°1,783 m15.3 mi
Mount DeceptionNW 321°1,767 m14.6 mi
Mount MooneyNNW 348°1,761 m15.6 mi
Mount MarkhamNW 321°1,746 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3020:07
September equinox06:4118:1718:50
December solstice06:5416:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575861636771757775696257
Precip in3.64.22.50.60.50.10.00.00.10.60.92.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Gabriel Fire Dept, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • House Finch104 obs
  • Vermilion Flycatcher95 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow77 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard76 obs
  • Ross's Goose73 obs
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler70 obs
  • Mourning Dove57 obs
  • Canada Goose57 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/490372988

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