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Hamilton Park

Hamilton Park from directly overhead

Hamilton Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 286 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Vinny's Mini-World, a garden 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 4.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
286 m
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Coordinates34.16304, -118.07483

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Vinny's Mini-World: 0.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Australian Discovery Area: 1.7 mi
  • Grace Kallam Perennial Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Madagascar Spiny Forest: 1.8 mi
Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
Artworks
Picnic sites: 50
  • Arcadia Wilderness Park: 3.3 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
  • Art Center Food Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Red Box Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Paul Little: 7.9 mi
Springs: 40
  • Doe Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Fern Springs: 12.5 mi
  • Baughman Spring: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Bailey Canyon Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 1.9 mi
  • Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 2.8 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Ribbon Rocks Falls: 3.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 8.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 13.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Hamilton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakNNW 343°1,879 m8.7 mi
San Gabriel PeakNNW 346°1,878 m5.7 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNW 343°1,819 m6.0 mi
Mount LawlorNNW 347°1,807 m7.6 mi
Vetter MountainNNE 16°1,783 m9.6 mi
Mount DeceptionNNW 339°1,767 m6.4 mi
Mount MooneyNNE 21°1,761 m10.6 mi
Mount MarkhamNNW 345°1,746 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1718:51
December solstice06:5516:0916:47

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard968 obs
  • Indian Peafowl652 obs
  • coast live oak495 obs
  • California brittlebush480 obs
  • California Buckwheat450 obs
  • Pacific poison oak441 obs
  • laurel sumac419 obs
  • western sycamore404 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/31226163

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