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El Sereno Recreation Center

El Sereno Recreation Center from directly overhead

El Sereno Recreation Center is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 134 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Ascot Hills Park, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 1.8 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates34.07694, -118.18093

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Artworks
  • Confucius Statue: 1.0 mi
  • Golden Eagle: 1.0 mi
  • Ac Box: 1.0 mi
  • Csula Wall: 1.1 mi
  • Untitled: 1.5 mi
Attractions
  • Coyolxauhqui Plaza: 1.5 mi
  • hm157: 1.6 mi
  • North Main and Mission: 1.7 mi
  • The Century House: 3.0 mi
  • Secret Swing: 3.1 mi
Peaks
  • Flat Point Park: 1.6 mi
  • Ernest E. Debs: 1.7 mi
  • Oneonta Knoll: 2.5 mi
  • Poppy Peak: 3.7 mi
  • Grace Hill: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
  • County of Los Angeles Fire Department Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Chicken Boy: 2.3 mi
  • Morin Memorial Square: 2.6 mi
  • Mexican American All Wars Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Chinatown East Gate: 3.3 mi
Gardens
  • Milagro Allegro Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Solano Canyon Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • South Pasadena Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Marion Harlow Memorial Grove: 3.6 mi
  • Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden: 3.8 mi
Picnic sites: 44
  • Sycamore Glen: 3.8 mi
  • Art Center Food Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 6.5 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 6.7 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
Springs: 26
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 16.0 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 17.0 mi
Waterfalls: 25
Beaches: 9
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 12.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of El Sereno Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakNNE 14°1,879 m14.7 mi
San Gabriel PeakNNE 22°1,878 m12.4 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE 20°1,819 m12.5 mi
Mount LawlorNNE 18°1,807 m14.1 mi
Mount DeceptionNNE 18°1,767 m12.5 mi
Mount MarkhamNNE 23°1,746 m12.0 mi
Mount WilsonNE 34°1,737 m12.2 mi
Occidental PeakNNE 27°1,736 m12.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575861636771757775696257
Precip in3.64.22.50.60.50.10.00.00.10.60.92.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Gabriel Fire Dept, 5 mi away.

  • Milk Snail1,294 obs
  • Southern California Walnut662 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard533 obs
  • House Sparrow460 obs
  • Western Honey Bee420 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk364 obs
  • White Horehound312 obs
  • Pond Slider288 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/233449135

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