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Garfield Park

Garfield Park from directly overhead

Garfield Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pee Wee's Big Adventure House, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 runs past it.

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Coordinates34.11713, -118.14659

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Legion Park: 0.4 mi
  • Grevelia Pocket Park: 0.5 mi
  • South Pasadena Library Park: 0.6 mi
  • Eddie Park: 0.6 mi
  • Allendale Park: 0.6 mi
Gardens
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 46
  • Sycamore Glen: 3.7 mi
  • Art Center Food Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 7.8 mi
Springs: 38
  • Not Much of a Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Doe Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 24
Beaches: 8
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 9.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Garfield Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakN 7°1,879 m11.6 mi
San Gabriel PeakNNE 17°1,878 m9.1 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE 15°1,819 m9.2 mi
Mount LawlorNNE 13°1,807 m10.9 mi
Mount DeceptionNNE 11°1,767 m9.3 mi
Mount MarkhamNNE 18°1,746 m8.7 mi
Mount WilsonNNE 33°1,737 m8.8 mi
Occidental PeakNNE 24°1,736 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:0916:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575861636671767776706256
Precip in4.55.23.01.10.50.20.10.00.20.81.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pasadena, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard653 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel459 obs
  • Western Honey Bee338 obs
  • Monarch278 obs
  • Arizona Mantis260 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco240 obs
  • Mourning Dove208 obs
  • California Towhee203 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/38510053

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