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Glen Helen Regional Park

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Glen Helen Regional Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 607 m. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Conference Tree, a historic site 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
607 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
San Bernardino County Regional Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.20585, -117.40516
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Mormon Battalion Mountain: 0.6 mi
  • Tokay Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Texas Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Ruddell Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Monument Peak: 4.0 mi
Parks
  • Sky Ridge Park: 1.1 mi
  • Rosena Ranch Passive Park: 1.2 mi
  • Paakuma Park: 1.3 mi
  • Rosena Dog Park: 1.6 mi
  • Wildrye Green Belt: 1.7 mi
Artworks
  • Ronald Reagan Mural on Berlin wall: 2.4 mi
  • CSUSB Wild Song Coyote Statue: 4.9 mi
  • COE Iron Sculpture: 5.0 mi
  • Jack Brown Sculpture: 5.1 mi
  • Nutcracker: 5.1 mi
Gardens
  • Guasti Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts: 12.4 mi
  • Rose Garden at Fairmount Park: 14.7 mi
  • Native plant garden: 15.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 15.5 mi
Museums: 52
Attractions: 51
Springs: 46
  • Convict Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Sugarpine Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Dustin Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Hot Spring: 8.2 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Applewhite Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • Cleghorn Day Use: 6.6 mi
  • Serrano Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Chamise: 7.6 mi
  • Sycamore Landing: 8.1 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Waterfalls: 8
  • Middleman Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Bonita Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Etiwanda Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 12.0 mi
  • San Antonio Falls: 13.9 mi
Beaches: 8
Cliffs: 8
  • shooting gallery: 12.8 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 15.8 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 16.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Glen Helen Regional Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount San AntonioWNW 293°3,068 m14.9 mi
West BaldyWNW 292°3,044 m15.3 mi
Dawson PeakWNW 297°2,917 m14.8 mi
Mount HarwoodWNW 293°2,907 m14.2 mi
Telegraph PeakWNW 289°2,713 m11.7 mi
Cucamonga PeakW 277°2,695 m10.4 mi
Etiwanda PeakW 279°2,640 m9.7 mi
Ontario PeakW 277°2,640 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:02
June solstice05:3919:2820:05
September equinox06:3818:1518:48
December solstice06:5316:0616:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373742485463696963534336
Precip in8.49.95.22.81.10.30.10.10.32.12.45.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Arrowhead, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard25 obs
  • Great Blue Heron23 obs
  • Canada Goose23 obs
  • Great Egret19 obs
  • Vermilion Flycatcher17 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel16 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle15 obs
  • American Coot14 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/481618407

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