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Echo Park

Echo Park from directly overhead

Echo Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 115 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Lady of the Lake, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 1.0 miles off.

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Coordinates34.07334, -118.26039

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Lady of the Lake: 0.1 mi
  • bicicleta: 0.2 mi
  • Healthy Foods: 0.2 mi
  • Gintong Kasaysayan, Gintong Pamana: 0.7 mi
  • Angel's Point: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
  • José Martí: 0.2 mi
  • Rosten's House: 0.5 mi
  • Filipino American WWII Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Four Level Interchange: 1.0 mi
  • Bill Keene Memorial Interchange: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Echo Park Recreation Center: 0.2 mi
  • Echo Park: 0.3 mi
  • Victory Memorial Grove: 0.6 mi
  • Marion Park: 0.6 mi
  • Rockwood Park: 0.6 mi
Attractions
Museums
Gardens
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Maltman peak: 1.4 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 1.5 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 1.6 mi
  • Ronda Vista: 2.1 mi
  • Olive Hill: 2.6 mi
Picnic sites: 45
  • Cedar Grove: 3.5 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 3.8 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Park Center: 4.4 mi
  • Tom LaBonge Panorama: 4.5 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Springs: 19
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 11.5 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 14.9 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 17.7 mi
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 5
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 14.1 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.4 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.6 mi
  • San Pedro Escarpment: 25.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 1.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Echo Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gabriel PeakNE 38°1,878 m14.9 mi
Mount DisappointmentNE 37°1,819 m14.9 mi
Mount LawlorNNE 33°1,807 m16.3 mi
Mount DeceptionNE 34°1,767 m14.7 mi
Mount MarkhamNE 39°1,746 m14.6 mi
Mount WilsonNE 48°1,737 m15.4 mi
Occidental PeakNE 42°1,736 m15.1 mi
Mount LoweNE 39°1,699 m14.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5616:1016:48

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Red-tailed Hawk1,318 obs
  • Mallard659 obs
  • Canada Goose587 obs
  • American Coot572 obs
  • House Sparrow570 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard523 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird484 obs
  • Rock Pigeon441 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/161705352

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