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Lakeview Terrace Recreation Center

Lakeview Terrace Recreation Center from directly overhead

Lakeview Terrace Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 340 m. Mount Gleason stands 1,990 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Orcas Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
8.2 m
Elevation
339.9 m
Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates34.27513, -118.37110

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
Artworks
  • Kima Pakoinga: 3.3 mi
  • Altar: 3.4 mi
  • César Estrada Chávez: 3.8 mi
  • Elephant Bush: 3.9 mi
  • Ritchie Valens Mural: 3.9 mi
Attractions
  • Convento: 5.2 mi
  • Burbank Christmas Tree: 5.9 mi
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 7.4 mi
  • Abandoned Oil Rigs: 7.8 mi
  • Workaholics -- The House: 7.9 mi
Picnic sites: 54
Springs: 35
  • Fascination Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Indian Springs: 4.7 mi
  • Los Pinetos Spring: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 21
Beaches: 9
Cliffs: 4
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 9.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 10.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 10.5 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 12.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 16.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Lakeview Terrace Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GleasonENE 58°1,990 m13.1 mi
Messenger PeakNE 53°1,833 m12.3 mi
Iron MountainENE 58°1,717.5 m9.6 mi
Josephine PeakE 87°1,694 m12.4 mi
Condor PeakENE 68°1,658 m9.3 mi
Mount LukensE 93°1,546.6 m7.6 mi
Condor PointENE 68°1,538.3 m8.5 mi
Fox MountainENE 74°1,534 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5716:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565759626670767775686155
Precip in3.03.92.40.70.30.10.00.00.10.60.72.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Glendale Pasadena AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard216 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard203 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk159 obs
  • Tujunga bushmallow111 obs
  • Thick-leaved Yerba Santa99 obs
  • golden currant98 obs
  • castor bean94 obs
  • chaparral yucca82 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/376604587

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