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John Quimby Park

John Quimby Park from directly overhead

John Quimby Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 238 m. May Peak stands 1,203 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is West Valley Museum, a museum 0.8 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
238 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.19800, -118.58803

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Gardens
  • Pierce College Farm Fields: 0.8 mi
  • Pierce Farm Pastures and Meadows: 1.1 mi
  • Channel Islands: 1.1 mi
  • Australian Grass Tree: 1.1 mi
  • Banksia: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Red Barn Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Chalk Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Castle Peak: 4.4 mi
  • Chatsworth Peak: 5.1 mi
  • Stoney Point: 5.1 mi
Artworks
  • Old Trapper's Lodge: 0.9 mi
  • Old Trapper's Lodge: 0.9 mi
  • Clarence the Bull: 1.1 mi
  • Streams Meet - Become the River: 1.1 mi
  • LA River - Connect the Valley: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Runnymede Recreation Center: 1.0 mi
  • Forest Glen Park: 1.1 mi
  • S. Mark Taper Life Science Botanical Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Haynes Street Greenway: 1.3 mi
  • exercise area: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Valley Girl -- Party House: 3.4 mi
  • Encino Man -- Family House: 3.7 mi
  • Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday -- Voorhees House: 4.0 mi
  • Munch Box: 4.1 mi
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites: 52
Beaches: 26
Springs: 16
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 5.7 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 6.0 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 13.5 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 15.3 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 6.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 6.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 6.8 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 13.2 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 20.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 11.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 20.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of John Quimby Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
May PeakNE 40°1,203 m14.0 mi
Oat MountainN 355°1,138 m9.1 mi
Contract PointNE 46°1,108 m14.3 mi
Kagel MountainNE 51°1,081 m14.9 mi
Limerock PeakENE 58°905 m15.5 mi
Towsley PeakN 359°875 m10.9 mi
Castro PeakSW 236°855 m13.7 mi
Saddle PeakSSW 205°851 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:2018:53
December solstice06:5716:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565760636773787976696156
Precip in3.74.62.70.80.40.10.00.00.10.60.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodland Hills Pierce College, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mourning Dove186 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard172 obs
  • Monarch151 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel139 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel128 obs
  • Western Honey Bee118 obs
  • Desert Cottontail105 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk94 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/32525464

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