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Lacy Park

Lacy Park from directly overhead

Lacy Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 170 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is San Marino War Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 1.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.12062, -118.12262

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Citrus Grove II: 0.3 mi
  • Citrus Grove I: 0.3 mi
  • Southeast Loop Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Doerr Arbor Garden: 0.3 mi
Artworks
Museums
  • Japanese Heritage Shōya House: 0.5 mi
  • Scott Gallery of American Art: 0.7 mi
  • Huntington Library Exhibition Hall: 0.8 mi
  • Flora-Legium / Banta Hall: 0.8 mi
  • San Gabriel Historical Association: 1.7 mi
Parks
  • San Marino Community Center: 0.6 mi
  • Plantain Court: 0.6 mi
  • Tournament Park: 0.9 mi
  • Sidney F. Tyler Park: 1.0 mi
  • Bechtel Mall: 1.2 mi
Attractions
  • Freshwater Pavillion: 0.6 mi
  • Studio of Pure Scents: 0.6 mi
  • Hall of the Jade Camellia: 0.6 mi
  • Terrace of the Jade Mirror: 0.6 mi
  • Love for the Lotus Pavillion: 0.6 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 45
  • Covered Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Art Center Food Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Sycamore Glen: 5.0 mi
  • Arcadia Wilderness Park: 7.0 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
Springs: 37
  • Not Much of a Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Doe Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Fern Springs: 16.2 mi
  • Baughman Spring: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 26
Beaches: 4
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 9.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Lacy Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakN 1°1,879 m11.3 mi
San Gabriel PeakN 9°1,878 m8.6 mi
Mount DisappointmentN 7°1,819 m8.7 mi
Mount LawlorN 6°1,807 m10.4 mi
Mount DeceptionN 3°1,767 m8.9 mi
Mount MarkhamN 9°1,746 m8.1 mi
Mount WilsonNNE 26°1,737 m8.0 mi
Occidental PeakNNE 16°1,736 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:05
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:0916:48

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard1,177 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel988 obs
  • Red-whiskered Bulbul606 obs
  • Western Honey Bee559 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco439 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary402 obs
  • Arizona Mantis371 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird363 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/42591096

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