Highland Park Recreation Center
Highland Park Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 175 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Highland Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 0.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 175 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Highland Park: 0.3 mi
- Tierra de la Culebra Park: 0.5 mi
- Garvanza Park: 0.6 mi
- Arroyo Seco Park: 0.6 mi
- South Pasadena Woodland and Wildlife Park: 0.7 mi
- Los Angeles Police Museum: 0.3 mi
- Highland Park Ebell Club: 0.4 mi
- Southwest Museum of the American Indian: 1.3 mi
- South Pasadena Historic Museum: 1.7 mi
- Lummis Home: 1.8 mi
- Milagro Allegro Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- FEAST: Oxy Student Garden: 1.7 mi
- South Pasadena Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden: 2.1 mi
- Arlington Garden: 2.1 mi
- Chicken Boy: 0.5 mi
- Former Residence (1980-1981) of the Honorable Barack H. Obama: 2.7 mi
- Defenders of the Union: 3.3 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Armenian Genocide Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Ernest E. Debs: 0.9 mi
- Poppy Peak: 1.2 mi
- Fiji Hill: 1.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 2.1 mi
- Flat Point Park: 2.2 mi
- Rose Hill Park: 1.8 mi
- Lower Arroyo Park: 2.1 mi
- Elyria Canyon Park: 2.1 mi
- Ascot Hills Park: 2.7 mi
- Elysian Park: 3.6 mi
- The Century House: 1.8 mi
- Bird Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Pee Wee's Big Adventure House: 2.5 mi
- Colorado Street Bridge: 2.5 mi
- Egasse Braasch House -- The Good Will Hunting House: 2.7 mi
- Fork in the Road: 2.3 mi
- The Organic Infrastructure of a Living Community: 2.9 mi
- Confucius Statue: 3.3 mi
- Golden Eagle: 3.4 mi
- Ac Box: 3.4 mi
- Sycamore Glen: 1.6 mi
- Art Center Food Garden: 3.9 mi
- Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Cedar Grove: 5.4 mi
- Joe Klass Water Stop: 5.4 mi
- Not Much of a Spring: 14.0 mi
- Silk Tassel Spring: 14.1 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 14.4 mi
- Fascination Spring: 14.6 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 16.2 mi
- Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 7.6 mi
- Ribbon Rocks Falls: 7.7 mi
- Moss Grotto Falls: 7.7 mi
- Grand Chasm Falls: 7.7 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 7.7 mi
- Mother's Beach: 17.9 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 19.6 mi
- Palisades Beach: 19.6 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 21.5 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 22.1 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 10.2 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.7 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.1 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.3 mi
- Spa Palace: 6.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Highland Park Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Peak | NNE 18° | 1,879 m | 12.4 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | NNE 30° | 1,878 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | NNE 27° | 1,819 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Lawlor | NNE 24° | 1,807 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Deception | NNE 24° | 1,767 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Markham | NNE 31° | 1,746 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Wilson | NE 43° | 1,737 m | 10.5 mi |
| Occidental Peak | NE 35° | 1,736 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:09 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 66 | 71 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pasadena, 4 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard1,605 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel1,216 obs
- Milk Snail1,191 obs
- Western Honey Bee652 obs
- Southern California Walnut593 obs
- Toyon517 obs
- Red-crowned Amazon497 obs
- California Towhee488 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/218402562
Day trips start here
- South Pasadena · 2 mi
- Los Angeles/Eastside · 3 mi
- Alhambra · 4 mi
- Los Angeles · 5 mi
- Los Angeles/Northwest · 5 mi
- Monterey Park · 5 mi
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