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Douglas MacArthur Park

Douglas MacArthur Park from directly overhead

Douglas MacArthur Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Gilman Peak stands 514 m to the east-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Rosa Parks Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 20 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
10 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.78354, -118.17482

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Horticulture: 0.6 mi
  • Chestnut Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • National Guard Armory Drought Tolerant Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 1.7 mi
  • John Parkin Green Space: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 0.6 mi
  • JAAN-2 Gun Battery: 1.4 mi
  • Lone Sailor commemorative: 1.9 mi
  • Bob Lemon Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Douglas Park Globe: 3.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • Grand Prix of Long Beach Podium: 1.5 mi
  • Laura Trelstad: 1.6 mi
  • Grand Prix of Long Beach Finish Line: 1.6 mi
  • Red Car Greenbelt: 2.3 mi
  • The Queen Mary Ship: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves: 56
  • Marine Stadium Reserve: 2.9 mi
  • Jack Dunster Marine Biological Reserve: 3.5 mi
  • Gull Park: 3.7 mi
  • Least Tern Site: 6.2 mi
  • Dominguez Nature Preserve: 7.4 mi
Peaks: 39
Picnic sites: 29
  • Mother's Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
  • Day Camp: 11.9 mi
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
  • Washington Park Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
Beaches: 16
Waterfalls: 5
  • Washout Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 14.7 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Historic Dam: 23.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 19.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Douglas MacArthur Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gilman PeakENE 67°514 m24.8 mi
Mount HollywoodNNW 343°492 m24.9 mi
San Pedro HillWSW 254°449 m9.6 mi
Puente HillsNE 53°435 m19.9 mi
Workman HillNE 34°424 m17.4 mi
Ridgecrest HillW 264°402 m11.6 mi
Whittier HillNNE 32°384 m17.7 mi
Signal PeakESE 120°361 m24.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3020:07
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5416:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575860636669737473686257
Precip in2.93.01.60.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.82.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Beach Daugherty AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch373 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel211 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider199 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard180 obs
  • Haller's Round Ray163 obs
  • Western Gull159 obs
  • Gray Bird Grasshopper129 obs
  • Western Honey Bee127 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/144945062

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