Courson Park
Courson Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 807 m. Mount Williamson stands 2,504 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Poncitlán Square, a park 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 30 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 807 m
How to reach it
- 29.8 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Poncitlán Square: 0.3 mi
- Doctor Robert C Saint Clair Parkway: 0.6 mi
- Desert Sands Park: 1.5 mi
- Pelona Vista Park: 1.6 mi
- Avenue S Park: 1.6 mi
- The Lollipop: 5.3 mi
- Old Mount Emma: 7.7 mi
- Mount Emma: 8.3 mi
- Mount McDill: 9.4 mi
- Parker Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Kentucky Springs: 9.0 mi
- Fryingpan Springs: 10.2 mi
- Bear Spring: 11.7 mi
- Aliso Spring: 12.6 mi
- Big Oak Spring: 13.0 mi
- Prime Desert Woodland Preserve: 8.0 mi
- BLM Open Space: 10.1 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 10.3 mi
- Angeles National Forest: 10.6 mi
- BLM Open Space: 10.6 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 8.6 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 8.6 mi
- Acton Community Presbyterian Church: 8.8 mi
- Llano del Rio: 16.8 mi
- Tuf Quarry Mill: 20.2 mi
- B-52: 2.2 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 2.2 mi
- A-12: 2.3 mi
- U-2: 2.3 mi
- SR-71: 2.3 mi
- North Fork Saddle: 15.3 mi
- Hidden Springs: 18.1 mi
- Saddleback Butte picnic area: 18.1 mi
- Ridge Crest Picnic Ground: 19.9 mi
- Charlton Flats Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Joe Davies Heritage Airpark: 2.2 mi
- Blackbird Airpark: 2.3 mi
- Museum of Art and History: 8.6 mi
- Antelope Valley Rural Museum: 10.7 mi
- Vasquez Rocks Natural Area and Nature Center: 13.4 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 19.0 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 19.5 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 22.1 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 22.2 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 22.8 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 21.7 mi
- Butterfly Knoll: 24.3 mi
- Howard Finn Community Garden: 24.5 mi
- Hummingbird Garden: 24.5 mi
- Astral Challenger: 5.8 mi
- One Desert Sky: 8.9 mi
- Communitree: 22.5 mi
- The Redoubt: 23.4 mi
- Elephant Bush: 24.8 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 16.8 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Courson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williamson | SE 135° | 2,504 m | 20.2 mi |
| Pleasant View Ridge | SE 138° | 2,433 m | 17.2 mi |
| Waterman Mountain | SSE 149° | 2,433 m | 19.3 mi |
| Will Thrall Peak | SE 138° | 2,387 m | 17.8 mi |
| Pallett Mountain | SE 136° | 2,359 m | 18.4 mi |
| Goodykoontz peak | SE 138° | 2,304 m | 19.2 mi |
| Winston Peak | SSE 146° | 2,277 m | 18.0 mi |
| Akawie Peak | SE 144° | 2,220 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:08 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 50 | 55 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palmdale, 1 mi away.
- Common Raven15 obs
- Western Joshua Tree15 obs
- Redstem Stork's-bill14 obs
- Western Honey Bee11 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard9 obs
- Western Black Widow9 obs
- Least Storm-Petrel9 obs
- Creosote Bush8 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/472256493
Day trips start here
- Palmdale · 1 mi
- Angeles National Forest · 17 mi
- Santa Clarita · 25 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge · 26 mi
- Santa Clarita Valley · 26 mi
- Glendale · 28 mi
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