Central Recreation Center
Central Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 69 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is murals on west side (above), a artwork 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 2.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 69 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- murals on west side (above): 0.5 mi
- "The Giant Chair": 1.1 mi
- Doolittle Raid Mural: 1.5 mi
- Lucky Break: 1.5 mi
- Kobe Mural: 1.7 mi
- African American Firefighter Museum: 0.6 mi
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles: 1.3 mi
- Tamal Museum: 1.5 mi
- The Unicorn Museum: 1.6 mi
- FIDM Museum And Galleries: 1.7 mi
- Trinity Park: 0.7 mi
- Ross Snyder Recreation Center: 0.8 mi
- Central Avenue Jazz Park: 1.0 mi
- Avalon San Pedro Park: 1.1 mi
- Gilbert Lindsay Recreation Center: 1.3 mi
- South Park Commons: 1.5 mi
- Exposition Park Rose Garden: 2.0 mi
- Pico Union Pollinator Friendly Garden: 2.1 mi
- Flag Garden: 2.4 mi
- Blue Ribbon Garden: 2.4 mi
- Stimson House: 1.5 mi
- Harbor–Santa Monica Freeway Interchange: 1.8 mi
- National Japanese American Veterans Memorial Court: 1.9 mi
- Lockheed A-12: 1.9 mi
- Sei Fujii Memorial Lantern: 2.0 mi
- Spring Arcade Building: 1.8 mi
- Douglas DC-8: 1.9 mi
- Lockheed F-104 Starfighter: 1.9 mi
- James Irvine Japanese Garden: 1.9 mi
- USC Village Fountain: 2.0 mi
- Elysian Park: 4.3 mi
- Ascot Hills Park: 5.1 mi
- Rose Hill Park: 5.7 mi
- Elyria Canyon Park: 5.9 mi
- La Brea Green Belt: 6.1 mi
- Maltman peak: 4.8 mi
- Silverlake peak: 5.1 mi
- Flat Point Park: 5.1 mi
- Micheltorena peak: 5.2 mi
- Ronda Vista: 5.8 mi
- Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Picnic Central: 6.8 mi
- Garden Grove: 6.8 mi
- Blue Lagoon: 6.9 mi
- Lake Side: 6.9 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 13.9 mi
- Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 14.8 mi
- Ribbon Rocks Falls: 15.0 mi
- Moss Grotto Falls: 15.0 mi
- Grand Chasm Falls: 15.0 mi
- Mother's Beach: 12.1 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 12.6 mi
- Palisades Beach: 15.0 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 15.5 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 17.3 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 12.0 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 17.1 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 19.0 mi
- Eagle Spring: 19.1 mi
- Fascination Spring: 19.2 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 17.3 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 21.5 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 25.0 mi
- Spa Palace: 2.7 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Central Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Gabriel Peak | NNE 30° | 1,878 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | NNE 28° | 1,819 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Deception | NNE 26° | 1,767 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Markham | NNE 30° | 1,746 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mount Wilson | NE 38° | 1,737 m | 17.7 mi |
| Occidental Peak | NNE 33° | 1,736 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Lowe | NNE 30° | 1,699 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mount Harvard | NE 39° | 1,640 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:10 | 16:48 |
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 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 63 | 58 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Angeles Downtown/usc, 2 mi away.
- Red-tailed Hawk173 obs
- House Sparrow157 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel119 obs
- Rock Pigeon111 obs
- House Finch75 obs
- Western Honey Bee70 obs
- Great Horned Owl63 obs
- Western Fence Lizard61 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/174196291
Day trips start here
- Los Angeles · 2 mi
- Los Angeles/Downtown · 2 mi
- Huntington Park · 3 mi
- Los Angeles/South · 3 mi
- Los Angeles/Northwest · 4 mi
- Los Angeles/Eastside · 5 mi
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