Charles S. Farnsworth Park
Charles S. Farnsworth Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 503 m. Roundtop stands 1,908 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is The Cobb Estate, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 3.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Cobb Estate: 0.4 mi
- Rubio Canyon: 0.8 mi
- Andrea Wilson Triangle: 1.0 mi
- Casa Del Caballero: 1.1 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Mount Lowe Park: 0.4 mi
- Charles White Park: 1.4 mi
- Washington Park: 2.3 mi
- La Pintoresca Park: 2.3 mi
- Robert M McCurdy Nature Center: 2.6 mi
- Miner's hut: 0.7 mi
- Mount Lowe Railway Historical Marker: 1.0 mi
- Echo Mountain House: 1.0 mi
- Resevoir: 1.0 mi
- Mt Lowe Observatory Ruins: 1.1 mi
- Echo Mountain: 1.0 mi
- West Fuji: 1.6 mi
- Muir Peak: 2.1 mi
- Brown Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Mount Lowe: 2.7 mi
- Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 1.1 mi
- Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 1.2 mi
- Old Pasadena Historic District: 3.9 mi
- Boone Sculpture Garden: 4.0 mi
- The Big Bang Theory Rooftop: 4.1 mi
- Altadena Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Marcy's Vegetable Garden: 1.7 mi
- Marcy's Garden: 1.8 mi
- Bev's Vegetable Garden: 1.8 mi
- Bev's Native Garden: 1.8 mi
- Unincorporated Mural: 1.5 mi
- Williamson Gallery: 3.7 mi
- Student Gallery: 3.7 mi
- Fork in the Road: 4.9 mi
- Lion Dogs: 5.1 mi
- JPL Building 186 (Theodore von Kármán Museum and Auditorium): 2.4 mi
- Kidspace Children's Museum: 3.5 mi
- The Gamble House: 3.7 mi
- USC Pacific Asia Museum: 3.7 mi
- Pasadena Museum of History: 3.9 mi
- Paul Little: 3.6 mi
- Art Center Food Garden: 3.7 mi
- Red Box Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Switzer Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Sycamore Glen: 6.7 mi
- Not Much of a Spring: 7.9 mi
- Silk Tassel Spring: 8.0 mi
- Doe Spring: 10.2 mi
- Baughman Spring: 10.8 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 12.3 mi
- Ribbon Rocks Falls: 1.1 mi
- Moss Grotto Falls: 1.1 mi
- Grand Chasm Falls: 1.1 mi
- Suspended Boulder Falls: 1.1 mi
- Roaring Rift Falls: 1.1 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 4.1 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.2 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.6 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.8 mi
- Mother's Beach: 23.9 mi
- Palisades Beach: 24.9 mi
- Spa Palace: 12.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Charles S. Farnsworth Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roundtop | NNE 19° | 1,908 m | 11.1 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | N 8° | 1,879 m | 5.8 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | NE 34° | 1,878 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | NNE 27° | 1,819 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Lawlor | NNE 19° | 1,807 m | 5.1 mi |
| Vetter Mountain | NE 42° | 1,783 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Deception | NNE 18° | 1,767 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Mooney | NE 45° | 1,761 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
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 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 66 | 71 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pasadena, 4 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard761 obs
- laurel sumac721 obs
- California Buckwheat686 obs
- California Tree Frog601 obs
- Crofton Weed586 obs
- chaparral yucca532 obs
- black sage487 obs
- tree tobacco485 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/164247879
Day trips start here
- La Cañada Flintridge · 3 mi
- Pasadena · 3 mi
- San Marino · 6 mi
- South Pasadena · 6 mi
- Arcadia · 7 mi
- Glendale · 7 mi
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