Friendship Park
Friendship Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 234 m. Black Jack Mountain stands 596 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Martin J Bogdanovich Recreation Center, a park 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 23 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 234 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes: Parks and Facilities
How to reach it
- 23.2 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Martin J Bogdanovich Recreation Center: 0.1 mi
- Averill Park: 0.6 mi
- Shoreline Park: 1.0 mi
- White Point Park: 1.1 mi
- Alma Park: 1.4 mi
- Victory Arch: 1.4 mi
- Ghost Fish: 2.4 mi
- Jabob's Ladder: 2.4 mi
- Fishing Industry Memorial Statue: 2.4 mi
- Stephen M. White: 2.5 mi
- Marilyn Ryan: 1.6 mi
- Portuguese Bend Whaling Station: 1.9 mi
- Battery Osgood: 2.0 mi
- Battery Farley: 2.0 mi
- Battery Leary: 2.1 mi
- Fort MacArthur Museum: 2.0 mi
- Cabrillo Beach Bath House: 2.6 mi
- George F. Canyon Nature Center: 2.8 mi
- Lomita Railroad Museum: 4.6 mi
- Western Museum of Flight: 5.0 mi
- The Graben: 2.1 mi
- Battleship USS Iowa: 2.6 mi
- SS Lane Victory: 2.8 mi
- Wayfarers Chapel: 3.4 mi
- Tiger Woods Point: 4.5 mi
- Gaffey Street Community Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Gaffey Street Community Gardens: 2.5 mi
- She-Oak Meadow: 3.6 mi
- Desert Garden: 3.8 mi
- South Coast Botanic Garden: 3.8 mi
- White Point Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Ocean Trails Reserve: 1.3 mi
- Forrestal Reserve: 1.8 mi
- Portuguese Bend Reserve: 2.5 mi
- George F Canyon Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
- San Pedro Hill: 1.3 mi
- Ridgecrest Hill: 3.9 mi
- Signal Hill: 10.2 mi
- Landing Hill: 13.0 mi
- Baldwin Hills: 20.0 mi
- Day Camp: 7.4 mi
- Lakeside Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Mother's Beach: 11.7 mi
- Washington Park Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Common Grounds: 17.8 mi
- Royal Palms County Beach: 0.9 mi
- Cabrillo Beach: 2.6 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 7.8 mi
- Long Beach City Beach: 9.1 mi
- Mother's Beach: 11.7 mi
- Washout Falls: 23.6 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 23.6 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 23.6 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 23.7 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 23.0 mi
- Torqua Spring: 24.1 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 1.2 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 2.4 mi
- Spa Palace: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Friendship Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Jack Mountain | S 191° | 596 m | 24.3 mi |
| Silver Peak | SW 217° | 550 m | 23.6 mi |
| Fletcher | S 190° | 454 m | 23.1 mi |
| San Pedro Hill | NW 317° | 449 m | 1.3 mi |
| Slide 2 | SW 218° | 419 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Torquemada | SSW 209° | 407.2 m | 23.6 mi |
| Ridgecrest Hill | NW 305° | 402 m | 3.9 mi |
| Whitleys Peak | S 186° | 393 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:11 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 66 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Torrance AP, 5 mi away.
- Sunburst Anemone1,066 obs
- Western Fence Lizard1,046 obs
- Italian Wall Lizard751 obs
- Striped Shore Crab719 obs
- Pacific Purple Sea Urchin718 obs
- Blueband Hermit Crab624 obs
- Ochre Sea Star611 obs
- Southern Alligator Lizard552 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/872068124
Day trips start here
- Gardena · 11 mi
- Long Beach · 11 mi
- Seal Beach · 12 mi
- Compton · 13 mi
- Hawthorne · 13 mi
- Lakewood · 14 mi
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