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Galster Wilderness Park

Galster Wilderness Park from directly overhead

Galster Wilderness Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 212 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,737 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Aroma Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
212 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.04330, -117.90084

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Aroma Park: 0.2 mi
  • Big League Dreams: 0.6 mi
  • Woodgrove Park: 0.9 mi
  • Gingrich Park: 1.4 mi
  • Rimgrove Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Desert Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Desert Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Desert Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Desert Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 3.1 mi
Peaks
Museums
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 8.3 mi
  • M3 Lee: 9.3 mi
  • M3 Lee: 9.3 mi
  • Redwood Grove: 9.6 mi
  • The "M": 10.3 mi
Picnic sites: 49
  • Creekside: 4.3 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 4.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 4.7 mi
  • Site B: 5.5 mi
Springs: 33
  • Big Cienega Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 9.6 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Fern Springs: 12.9 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 11.2 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Wolfskill Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Bailey Canyon Falls: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.9 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.6 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 20.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 21.7 mi
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 20.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 21.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Galster Wilderness Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilsonNW 324°1,737 m15.5 mi
Occidental PeakNW 322°1,736 m16.9 mi
Sunset PeakNE 45°1,723 m17.0 mi
Colver PeakNE 48°1,670 m15.6 mi
Monrovia PeakNNW 342°1,649 m12.4 mi
Sunset PointNE 49°1,646 m15.2 mi
Mount SallyNNW 338°1,644 m17.1 mi
Mount HarvardNW 322°1,640 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4119:3020:07
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
December solstice06:5416:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636671767875676054
Precip in2.94.12.11.00.20.10.00.00.01.00.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pomona/fairplex, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard65 obs
  • Monarch55 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel40 obs
  • House Finch38 obs
  • Mourning Dove35 obs
  • San Gabriel Mountains dudleya35 obs
  • Toyon30 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird27 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/261463110

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