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Granada Hills Recreation Center aka Petit Park

Granada Hills Recreation Center aka Petit Park from directly overhead

Granada Hills Recreation Center aka Petit Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 284 m. Iron Mountain stands 1,718 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Masters Of Death, a artwork 0.9 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
284 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.26305, -118.49706

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Masters Of Death: 0.9 mi
  • Centennial Mural: 1.1 mi
  • Celebrating the Filming of E.T. on White Oak in 1981: 1.3 mi
  • Fido: 1.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 1.4 mi
  • Convento: 2.1 mi
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 2.5 mi
  • Workaholics -- The House: 5.6 mi
  • The Japanese Garden: 5.6 mi
Parks
Gardens
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 55
  • Redwood Grove: 7.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Wagon Tracks: 8.0 mi
  • Tumbleweeds: 8.1 mi
Springs: 29
Waterfalls: 20
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 7.5 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Trail Canyon Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 16
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 3.2 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 3.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 3.8 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 19.5 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 17.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 19.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Granada Hills Recreation Center aka Petit Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Iron MountainENE 69°1,717.5 m16.4 mi
Condor PeakENE 75°1,658 m16.4 mi
Mount LukensE 88°1,546.6 m14.7 mi
Condor PointENE 75°1,538.3 m15.6 mi
Mount McKinleyENE 68°1,497 m14.3 mi
Magic MountainNE 48°1,477 m12.8 mi
Mendenhall PeakENE 61°1,413.1 m12.0 mi
May PeakNNE 32°1,203 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4319:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5716:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575760636772777876696256
Precip in3.43.92.40.70.40.10.00.00.10.60.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northridge CAL State, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee101 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard100 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel75 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard62 obs
  • Brown Widow46 obs
  • Mourning Dove45 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird45 obs
  • Marbled Cellar Spider40 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/96126581

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