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Colonel Leo H Washington Park

Colonel Leo H Washington Park from directly overhead

Colonel Leo H Washington Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Mount Lowe stands 1,699 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Century Gateway Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 7.3 miles off.

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Coordinates33.95738, -118.24385

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Century Gateway Park: 0.9 mi
  • Roosevelt Park: 0.9 mi
  • Freedom Tree Park: 0.9 mi
  • Ted Watkins Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Cesar Chavez Park: 1.1 mi
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Baldwin Hills: 8.9 mi
  • Flat Point Park: 9.1 mi
  • Maltman peak: 9.2 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 9.5 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 9.6 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
  • Picnic Central: 7.9 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 8.1 mi
  • Garden Grove: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 24
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 16.6 mi
  • Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 18.4 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Bailey Canyon Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Ribbon Rocks Falls: 18.7 mi
Beaches: 17
Springs: 5
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 13.7 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 20.2 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 7.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Colonel Leo H Washington Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LoweNNE 23°1,699 m20.5 mi
Mount HarvardNNE 30°1,640 m20.5 mi
Mount YaleNNE 31°1,451 m20.0 mi
Muir PeakNNE 24°1,427 m19.6 mi
Brown MountainNNE 16°1,363 m20.1 mi
West FujiNNE 24°1,121.969 m19.1 mi
Jones PeakNE 35°1,029 m19.2 mi
Lookout PointNE 34°987 m20.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585961646669737574696358
Precip in3.33.62.20.70.30.10.00.00.10.60.82.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Angeles Downtown/usc, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • House Sparrow78 obs
  • Monarch72 obs
  • Western Honey Bee71 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary58 obs
  • Domestic Cat57 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel51 obs
  • Garden Snail51 obs
  • Spotless Lady Beetle47 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/159761760

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