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Glassell Park

Glassell Park from directly overhead

Glassell Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 126 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Loma Lada Community Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 2.1 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates34.11581, -118.23229

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Loma Lada Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Juntos Family Park: 0.8 mi
  • Bowtie/G1 Parcel: 0.9 mi
  • Lewis MacAdams Riverfront Park: 1.0 mi
  • Jessica Triangle: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Adams Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Fiji Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Ernest E. Debs: 2.5 mi
  • Flat Point Park: 2.6 mi
  • Ronda Vista: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Palmer Park Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • FEAST: Oxy Student Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Marion Harlow Memorial Grove: 1.9 mi
  • Armstrong Native Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Milagro Allegro Community Garden: 2.3 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites: 48
  • Sycamore Glen: 1.5 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 2.9 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 2.9 mi
  • Park Center: 3.2 mi
Springs: 26
  • Goldenrod Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 13.8 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Beaches: 11
Cliffs: 4
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 10.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 4.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Glassell Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakNNE 29°1,879 m13.2 mi
San Gabriel PeakNE 41°1,878 m11.7 mi
Mount DisappointmentNE 39°1,819 m11.6 mi
Mount LawlorNE 34°1,807 m13.0 mi
Mount DeceptionNE 36°1,767 m11.4 mi
Mount MarkhamNE 42°1,746 m11.3 mi
Mount WilsonNE 53°1,737 m12.3 mi
Occidental PeakNE 46°1,736 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5616:1016:48

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, 6 mi away.

  • Western Fence Lizard1,405 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel1,173 obs
  • Great Blue Heron586 obs
  • Western Honey Bee580 obs
  • Black Phoebe560 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk477 obs
  • Monarch453 obs
  • Coyote437 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/386575744

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