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Johnny Carson Park

Johnny Carson Park from directly overhead

Johnny Carson Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 159 m. Mount Deception stands 1,767 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cyclic I, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 7.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.15499, -118.32985

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Buena Vista Park: 0.2 mi
  • Studio Plaza Cafe: 0.4 mi
  • Beverly Johnson Park: 0.5 mi
  • Stars Hollow: 0.6 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 44
  • Mineral Wells Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
  • Amir's Garden Picnic Site: 2.3 mi
  • 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
  • Captain's Roost: 2.5 mi
  • Tom LaBonge Panorama: 2.5 mi
Springs: 24
  • Goldenrod Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 9.7 mi
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 10.6 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 10.2 mi
  • Royal Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Millard Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Trail Canyon Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls: 12.3 mi
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 5
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 12.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 15.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 15.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 15.9 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 23.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 7.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Johnny Carson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DeceptionENE 62°1,767 m13.9 mi
Mount LoweENE 67°1,699 m13.9 mi
Josephine PeakNE 48°1,694 m13.5 mi
Condor PeakNNE 28°1,658 m13.3 mi
Mount LukensNNE 33°1,546.6 m9.4 mi
Condor PointNNE 26°1,538.3 m12.7 mi
Fox MountainNE 34°1,534 m13.3 mi
Mount McKinleyNNE 16°1,497 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565659626569747674686055
Precip in3.74.52.80.90.40.10.00.00.10.70.92.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Valley Pump PLT, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black-necked Stilt425 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard361 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk356 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel329 obs
  • Black Phoebe276 obs
  • Acorn Woodpecker269 obs
  • Great Blue Heron233 obs
  • Great Egret229 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/230160174

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