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Gerdes Park

Gerdes Park from directly overhead

Gerdes Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 26 m. Mount Harvard stands 1,640 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Norwalk Square, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 15 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
26 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Norwalk

How to reach it

Coordinates33.89713, -118.09007

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Attractions
Gardens
Peaks
Picnic sites: 44
  • Group Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
  • Mother's Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 11.0 mi
  • Creekside: 11.1 mi
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Schweitzer Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Washout Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 11.6 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 16.9 mi
Beaches: 16
Springs: 4
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 18.2 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 23.5 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 24.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 15.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Gerdes Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HarvardN 4°1,640 m21.9 mi
Mount YaleN 4°1,451 m21.3 mi
Muir PeakN 358°1,427 m22.0 mi
Clamshell PeakNNE 14°1,338 m21.7 mi
West FujiN 357°1,121.969 m21.6 mi
Mount BlissNNE 22°1,121 m21.4 mi
Jones PeakN 6°1,029 m20.1 mi
Lookout PointN 6°987 m20.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4319:3020:07
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5416:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585961646771757775696257
Precip in2.83.01.70.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.71.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fullerton Muni AP, 6 mi away.

  • Western Fence Lizard415 obs
  • Garden Snail278 obs
  • Western Honey Bee230 obs
  • Common Pill Woodlouse220 obs
  • Black Phoebe219 obs
  • Monarch196 obs
  • Gray Bird Grasshopper163 obs
  • Arizona Mantis145 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/440050894

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