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Grand Avenue Park

Grand Avenue Park from directly overhead

Grand Avenue Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. Waterman Mountain stands 2,433 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Rotary Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 8.9 miles off.

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Coordinates34.15875, -117.99170

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 2.2 mi
  • APES Garden: 3.3 mi
  • APES Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Celebration Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Australian Discovery Area: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
Picnic sites: 56
  • Arcadia Wilderness Park: 2.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 4.9 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Site E: 8.6 mi
Springs: 42
  • Fern Springs: 8.4 mi
  • Doe Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Winston Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Buckhorn Spring: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Hermit Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 3.9 mi
  • Sturtevant Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Bailey Canyon Falls: 4.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 11.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 20.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Grand Avenue Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Waterman MountainNNE 14°2,433 m12.7 mi
Twin PeaksNNE 19°2,365 m11.5 mi
Mount HillyerN 354°1,881 m13.2 mi
Strawberry PeakNW 320°1,879 m11.3 mi
San Gabriel PeakNW 314°1,878 m8.4 mi
Triplet RocksNNE 27°1,875 m11.1 mi
Mount DisappointmentNW 313°1,819 m8.9 mi
Mount LawlorNW 320°1,807 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4119:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1718:50
December solstice06:5516:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474649525968747570625346
Precip in7.78.35.12.11.00.20.20.00.31.31.94.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Wilson CBS, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Turkey Vulture1,283 obs
  • Mule Deer401 obs
  • Acorn Woodpecker315 obs
  • Red-crowned Amazon286 obs
  • American Black Bear237 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard222 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk143 obs
  • Indian Peafowl122 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/43090596

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