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Gloria Heer Park

Gloria Heer Park from directly overhead

Gloria Heer Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 179 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,737 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Trailview Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 17 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
179 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.97893, -117.91323

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Figure: 0.8 mi
  • Jumping Deer: 2.5 mi
  • Brea, North of Yesterday: 2.6 mi
  • Vicky: 2.8 mi
  • Family: 2.8 mi
Gardens
  • Hummingbird & Butterfly Garden: 0.9 mi
  • 5th Grade Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Nike Missile LA-29 IFC Site: 1.9 mi
  • Nike Missile LA-29 Launch Battery Site: 2.0 mi
  • Don Gaspor Portola Marker: 3.1 mi
  • Brea War Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Brea Fallen Peace Officers Memorial: 4.5 mi
Peaks
  • Puente Hills: 1.9 mi
  • Workman Hill: 5.2 mi
  • West Coyote Hills: 5.7 mi
  • Whittier Hill: 5.9 mi
  • East Coyote Hills: 6.0 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Redwood Grove: 6.3 mi
  • M3 Lee: 9.9 mi
  • M3 Lee: 9.9 mi
  • Pirates Dinner Adventure: 9.9 mi
  • Medieval Times: 10.0 mi
Picnic sites: 48
  • Hidden Valley: 1.0 mi
  • Creekside: 1.0 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 8.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Schweitzer Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Washout Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 11.9 mi
  • Historic Dam: 13.7 mi
Springs: 14
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 8.0 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Fern Springs: 17.4 mi
  • Horsetrough Spring: 18.8 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.4 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.9 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 21.6 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 23.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Gloria Heer Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilsonNNW 333°1,737 m18.9 mi
Colver PeakNE 40°1,670 m19.3 mi
Monrovia PeakN 349°1,649 m16.5 mi
Sunset PointNE 40°1,646 m18.9 mi
Mount HarvardNNW 332°1,640 m18.3 mi
Rankin PeakNNW 347°1,606 m16.2 mi
Mount YaleNNW 331°1,451 m17.8 mi
Muir PeakNNW 327°1,427 m19.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3020:07
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 °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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard120 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel79 obs
  • milk thistle70 obs
  • Western Honey Bee67 obs
  • White Horehound67 obs
  • Toyon64 obs
  • purple sage61 obs
  • Pacific poison oak50 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/486699652

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