Lafayette Recreation Center
Lafayette Recreation Center is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 76 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sarah Connors apartment, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 2.0 miles off.
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sarah Connors apartment: 0.2 mi
- Gen. Douglas MacArthur: 0.5 mi
- Filipino American WWII Veterans Memorial: 0.9 mi
- José Martí: 1.6 mi
- World Peace Bell: 1.8 mi
- General Harrison Gray Otis: 0.3 mi
- White Doves: 0.5 mi
- Msgr. Romero: 0.5 mi
- স্বাগতম লিটল বাংলাদেশ: 0.9 mi
- Gintong Kasaysayan, Gintong Pamana: 1.1 mi
- MacArthur Park: 0.4 mi
- Shatto Recreation Center: 0.5 mi
- Bimini Slough Ecology Park: 0.7 mi
- Robert F. Kennedy Inspiration Park: 0.8 mi
- Hope and Peace Park: 0.8 mi
- Francis Avenue Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Yamazaki Memorial Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Mariposa-Nabi Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- xeriscape garden: 1.1 mi
- Pico Union Pollinator Friendly Garden: 1.5 mi
- Grier-Musser Museum: 0.8 mi
- Grammy Museum: 1.6 mi
- The Unicorn Museum: 1.8 mi
- FIDM Museum And Galleries: 1.9 mi
- Tamal Museum: 1.9 mi
- Koreatown: 1.2 mi
- 1100 Wilshire: 1.4 mi
- Music Box Steps: 1.5 mi
- Innes House: 1.8 mi
- Spanish Steps: 1.9 mi
- Maltman peak: 1.8 mi
- Silverlake peak: 2.3 mi
- Micheltorena peak: 2.4 mi
- Olive Hill: 2.6 mi
- Ronda Vista: 2.8 mi
- Elysian Park: 2.9 mi
- Bird Sanctuary: 4.5 mi
- Elyria Canyon Park: 4.5 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 4.9 mi
- Hillpark Open Space: 5.0 mi
- Cedar Grove: 4.0 mi
- Joe Klass Water Stop: 4.4 mi
- Captain's Roost: 4.7 mi
- Tom LaBonge Panorama: 4.7 mi
- 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 13.5 mi
- Millard Falls: 13.6 mi
- Ribbon Rocks Falls: 13.9 mi
- Moss Grotto Falls: 13.9 mi
- Grand Chasm Falls: 13.9 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 10.0 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 14.0 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 15.9 mi
- Fascination Spring: 16.1 mi
- Eagle Spring: 16.5 mi
- Mother's Beach: 11.4 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 13.3 mi
- Palisades Beach: 13.4 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 15.5 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 16.1 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 15.4 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.6 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.1 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 24.0 mi
- Spa Palace: 0.9 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Lafayette Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Gabriel Peak | NE 40° | 1,878 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | NE 39° | 1,819 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Deception | NE 37° | 1,767 m | 16.1 mi |
| Mount Markham | NE 41° | 1,746 m | 16.0 mi |
| Occidental Peak | NE 44° | 1,736 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mount Lowe | NE 41° | 1,699 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mount Harvard | NE 51° | 1,640 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mount Lukens | N 10° | 1,546.6 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:32 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 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, 3 mi away.
- Mallard612 obs
- American Coot513 obs
- Canada Goose498 obs
- Rock Pigeon375 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron369 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle351 obs
- Western Gull331 obs
- House Sparrow331 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/161508108
Day trips start here
- Los Angeles · 2 mi
- Los Angeles/Northwest · 2 mi
- Los Angeles/Downtown · 3 mi
- Los Angeles/Wilshire · 3 mi
- Los Angeles/Hollywood · 4 mi
- Los Angeles/Eastside · 5 mi
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