John Anson Ford Park
John Anson Ford Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 36 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,737 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Crawford Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 9.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 36 m
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Crawford Park: 0.5 mi
- Gallant Park: 0.5 mi
- Darwell Park: 0.7 mi
- Bell Gardens Veterans Park: 0.7 mi
- Furman Park: 0.9 mi
- Hispanic American Veterans Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Whittier Boulevard Arch: 4.5 mi
- Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument: 5.0 mi
- Paramount Veterans Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Downey Art Museum: 0.9 mi
- McDonald's Museum: 2.1 mi
- Columbia Memorial Space Center: 2.9 mi
- Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg Family Home: 3.1 mi
- South Gate Museum & Art Gallery: 3.1 mi
- McDonald's Sign: 2.1 mi
- Untitled: 3.0 mi
- OBSERVATION POST 1: 4.3 mi
- Founders Plaza: 4.6 mi
- The Wall That Speaks, Sings, and Shouts: 5.0 mi
- GrowGood Urban Farm: 2.3 mi
- Paramount Cortland Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Garden: 3.5 mi
- Heart of Watts Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Paegent of Roses Garden: 7.6 mi
- Apollo Boilerplate 12: 2.9 mi
- Citadel Outlets: 3.4 mi
- Coyolxauhqui Plaza: 6.9 mi
- Little India: 7.7 mi
- James Irvine Japanese Garden: 8.0 mi
- Montebello Hills: 5.9 mi
- Whittier Hill: 8.5 mi
- Workman Hill: 8.8 mi
- Flat Point Park: 9.3 mi
- Oneonta Knoll: 10.0 mi
- Bosque del Rio Hondo Natural Area: 6.9 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Ascot Hills Park: 8.2 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Lakeside Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Sycamore Glen: 12.1 mi
- Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 13.7 mi
- Bailey Canyon Falls: 16.1 mi
- Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 16.7 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 16.8 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 16.9 mi
- Long Beach City Beach: 13.6 mi
- Mother's Beach: 13.9 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 16.0 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 16.3 mi
- Mother's Beach: 17.6 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 18.5 mi
- Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 21.4 mi
- Big Cienega Spring: 23.8 mi
- McDermont Spring: 23.8 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 24.3 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 19.6 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 20.7 mi
- Spa Palace: 9.5 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of John Anson Ford Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wilson | NNE 16° | 1,737 m | 19.1 mi |
| Mount Lowe | N 8° | 1,699 m | 19.1 mi |
| Mount Harvard | NNE 16° | 1,640 m | 18.4 mi |
| Mount Yale | NNE 16° | 1,451 m | 17.8 mi |
| Muir Peak | N 9° | 1,427 m | 18.0 mi |
| Brown Mountain | N 1° | 1,363 m | 19.2 mi |
| Clamshell Peak | NNE 28° | 1,338 m | 19.0 mi |
| West Fuji | N 9° | 1,121.969 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:10 | 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 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 63 | 58 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Angeles Downtown/usc, 9 mi away.
- Western Honey Bee72 obs
- Northern Mockingbird66 obs
- Western Fence Lizard65 obs
- House Sparrow51 obs
- Mallard49 obs
- Brown Widow49 obs
- Monarch47 obs
- Gray Bird Grasshopper47 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/223766742
Day trips start here
- Downey · 2 mi
- City of Commerce · 3 mi
- Gateway Cities · 3 mi
- Huntington Park · 4 mi
- Lynwood · 4 mi
- Pico Rivera · 4 mi
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