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Cheviot Hills Recreation Center

Cheviot Hills Recreation Center from directly overhead

Cheviot Hills Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 72 m. Mount Lukens stands 1,547 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Column of Four Squares, a artwork 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 9.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
72 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.04512, -118.40912

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Column of Four Squares: 0.5 mi
  • Napoleon Dynamite: 0.5 mi
  • Empire Strikes Back Mural: 0.6 mi
  • Sound of Music Mural: 0.6 mi
  • The Conversation: 0.8 mi
Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Motor Avenue Urban Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Sara Berman Greenway: 1.3 mi
  • Climate-Adapted Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Mediterranean Ecosystem Collection: 2.3 mi
  • Desert Collection: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Rodeo drive Steps: 1.6 mi
  • Rodeo Drive Sign: 1.6 mi
  • Rodeo Drive: 1.7 mi
  • Rodeo Drive: 1.8 mi
  • Big Olive Tree: 1.9 mi
Peaks
  • Baldwin Hills: 2.5 mi
  • Briar Summit: 6.1 mi
  • Goat Peak (High Point): 7.3 mi
  • Olive Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Burbank Peak: 7.7 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 38
  • Lake Side: 3.3 mi
  • Garden Grove: 3.3 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Central: 3.5 mi
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Temescal Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 18.6 mi
  • Millard Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Royal Falls: 19.9 mi
Beaches: 20
Springs: 13
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 2.8 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 9.4 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Malibu Bluffs: 16.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.9 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 20.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 8.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 24.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Cheviot Hills Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LukensNNE 32°1,546.6 m18.3 mi
Verdugo PeakNNE 32°951.6 m13.9 mi
Wella's PeakNE 45°910 m19.3 mi
Limerock PeakN 9°905 m19.1 mi
Saddle PeakW 279°851 m14.3 mi
Tongva PeakNE 39°803 m13.6 mi
Calabasas PeakWNW 288°657 m14.7 mi
Temescal PeakWNW 296°648 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F605960626366707171686459
Precip in4.14.72.70.80.40.10.00.00.10.71.02.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — U C L A, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Garden Snail364 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel314 obs
  • Western Honey Bee271 obs
  • Monarch244 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard167 obs
  • Mourning Dove157 obs
  • Mourning Cloak151 obs
  • Gray Bird Grasshopper145 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/24655760

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