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Lemon Grove Recreation Center

Lemon Grove Recreation Center from directly overhead

Lemon Grove Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 96 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Rudolph Valentino, a attraction 0.7 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 3.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
96 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.08697, -118.30429

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Rudolph Valentino: 0.7 mi
  • Tyrone Power: 0.7 mi
  • Mickey Rooney: 0.7 mi
  • Cecil B. DeMille: 0.7 mi
  • Johnny Ramone: 0.7 mi
Parks
  • Seily Rodriguez Park: 0.7 mi
  • Production Park: 0.8 mi
  • The Magical Park: 0.9 mi
  • Madison Avenue Park: 0.9 mi
  • Lucy Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
  • Madison Avenue Park Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 1.0 mi
  • xeriscape garden: 1.0 mi
  • Manzanita Street Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Micheltorena Community Garden: 1.6 mi
Peaks
  • Olive Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Maltman peak: 1.5 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 1.9 mi
  • Ronda Vista: 1.9 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 2.0 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 44
  • Cedar Grove: 2.6 mi
  • Captain's Roost: 2.8 mi
  • Tom LaBonge Panorama: 2.9 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 2.9 mi
  • 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Springs: 18
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 9.3 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 12.2 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 15.1 mi
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 5
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 14.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 19.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 19.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.1 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 23.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 2.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Lemon Grove Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gabriel PeakNE 47°1,878 m16.0 mi
Mount DisappointmentNE 46°1,819 m15.8 mi
Mount DeceptionNE 44°1,767 m15.6 mi
Mount MarkhamNE 49°1,746 m15.6 mi
Occidental PeakNE 51°1,736 m16.2 mi
Mount LoweNE 49°1,699 m15.1 mi
Josephine PeakNNE 32°1,694 m16.2 mi
Mount LukensNNE 17°1,546.6 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5616:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585961646669737574696358
Precip in3.33.62.20.70.30.10.00.00.10.60.82.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Angeles Downtown/usc, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel485 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk240 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk235 obs
  • Western Honey Bee228 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard211 obs
  • Arizona Mantis179 obs
  • Garden Snail176 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard155 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/35423190

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