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Franklin Park

Franklin Park from directly overhead

Franklin Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Pleasants Peak stands 1,211 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Clegg Stacy Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 25 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates33.75330, -118.02787

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Westminster Conversation Garden: 0.7 mi
  • California Native Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Jacaranda Walk: 4.8 mi
  • Friendly Garden: 4.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Trần Hưng Đạo: 3.3 mi
  • WWII Submarine Monument: 3.5 mi
  • WWII 16 inch Gun Mount: 3.7 mi
  • WWII 16 inch Gun Mount: 3.7 mi
  • Ashlee Armond Bench: 4.6 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Suppory In Love: 4.6 mi
  • City of Cypress Sculpture: 5.0 mi
  • Carillon Tower: 5.2 mi
  • Ronald Reagan stature: 5.3 mi
  • Go Beach: 5.4 mi
Attractions
  • Rewind Racers: 4.7 mi
  • Crank 'n' Roll: 4.7 mi
  • Crazy Bus: 4.7 mi
  • Freeway Coaster: 4.7 mi
  • Barnstormer Planes: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves: 50
Peaks: 38
  • Landing Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Cadillac Range: 7.2 mi
  • Cascade Peak: 7.4 mi
  • Big Thunder Mountain: 7.4 mi
  • Signal Hill: 8.4 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Mother's Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Sunset Ridge Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Sunset View Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Calit2 Patio: 13.2 mi
Beaches: 15
Springs: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • Washout Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 7.2 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Historic Dam: 15.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pleasants PeakE 83°1,211 m24.4 mi
Sierra PeakENE 73°928 m22.5 mi
Flores PeakE 97°566 m23.5 mi
San Juan HillNE 56°543 m20.0 mi
Bolero PointE 98°534 m21.7 mi
Gilman PeakNE 51°514 m18.6 mi
Andersen BumpNE 55°482 m19.7 mi
San Pedro HillW 268°449 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4319:3020:07
September equinox06:4118:1718:50
December solstice06:5416:1016:48

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard79 obs
  • House Sparrow58 obs
  • Least Tern54 obs
  • Garden Snail53 obs
  • Monarch37 obs
  • Mallard36 obs
  • American Crow35 obs
  • Western Honey Bee30 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/163328064

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