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Forest Avenue Park

Forest Avenue Park from directly overhead

Forest Avenue Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 163 m. Twin Peaks stands 2,365 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Newcastle Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 6.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
163 m
Getting there

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Coordinates34.14887, -118.03595

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Celebration Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Wedding Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Australian Discovery Area: 1.0 mi
  • Desert Display Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Henry C. Soto Water Conservation Garden: 1.0 mi
Attractions
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Peaks
Picnic sites: 56
  • Arcadia Wilderness Park: 2.1 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 6.5 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
Springs: 40
  • Doe Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Fern Springs: 10.9 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 1.3 mi
  • Bailey Canyon Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Sturtevant Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 10.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 14.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Forest Avenue Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin PeaksNNE 28°2,365 m13.1 mi
Strawberry PeakNNW 333°1,879 m10.5 mi
San Gabriel PeakNNW 331°1,878 m7.4 mi
Triplet RocksNE 36°1,875 m13.0 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNW 330°1,819 m7.8 mi
Mount LawlorNNW 335°1,807 m9.3 mi
Vetter MountainN 2°1,783 m10.2 mi
Mount DeceptionNNW 327°1,767 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1718:50
December solstice06:5516:0916:47

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Indian Peafowl1,348 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard738 obs
  • Red-whiskered Bulbul521 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel504 obs
  • Canada Goose434 obs
  • Mallard415 obs
  • Pond Slider391 obs
  • California Towhee384 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/486695565

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