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Layne Park

Layne Park from directly overhead

Layne Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 332 m. Messenger Peak stands 1,833 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is World War I Veterans' Tribute, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 19 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates34.28891, -118.44394

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Rudy Ortega Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Las Palmas Park: 0.4 mi
  • Senator Tom Carrell Memorial Court: 0.4 mi
  • El Paseo de San Fernando: 0.5 mi
  • Casa de López: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
  • Convento: 1.5 mi
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 4.3 mi
  • Abandoned Oil Rigs: 5.8 mi
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 6.0 mi
  • Workaholics -- The House: 7.0 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 50
  • Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Wagon Tracks: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Tumbleweeds: 7.7 mi
  • Wishing Tree Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
Springs: 35
  • Los Pinetos Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Indian Springs: 7.0 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 7.1 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 5.9 mi
  • Trail Canyon Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 15.4 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 16.1 mi
Beaches: 12
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 5.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 6.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 6.3 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 16.6 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 18.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 20.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Layne Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Messenger PeakENE 66°1,833 m15.4 mi
Iron MountainENE 71°1,717.5 m12.9 mi
Condor PeakE 79°1,658 m13.0 mi
Mount LukensE 97°1,546.6 m11.8 mi
Condor PointE 80°1,538.3 m12.2 mi
Fox MountainE 83°1,534 m14.1 mi
Mount McKinleyENE 71°1,497 m10.8 mi
Magic MountainNE 44°1,477 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4319:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5716:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575760636772777876696256
Precip in3.43.92.40.70.40.10.00.00.10.60.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northridge CAL State, 6 mi away.

  • Western Honey Bee64 obs
  • Monarch38 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird33 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard29 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel29 obs
  • Gray Bird Grasshopper28 obs
  • House Sparrow27 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard27 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/440611203

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