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Leslie N Shaw Park

Leslie N Shaw Park from directly overhead

Leslie N Shaw Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Mount Markham stands 1,746 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Peace Awareness Labyrinth and Gardens, a park 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 4.8 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates34.02575, -118.31988

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Peace Awareness Labyrinth and Gardens: 0.5 mi
  • Pocket Park: 0.6 mi
  • Benny H. Potter West Adams Avenues Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Gramercy Park: 0.7 mi
  • Loren Miller Park: 1.0 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Baldwin Hills: 3.6 mi
  • Maltman peak: 4.9 mi
  • Olive Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 5.5 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
  • Garden Grove: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Central: 3.1 mi
  • Lake Side: 3.1 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 3.1 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Temescal Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 16.7 mi
  • Millard Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 17.0 mi
Beaches: 19
Springs: 13
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 8.0 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 13.8 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 18.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 3.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Leslie N Shaw Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MarkhamNE 41°1,746 m19.3 mi
Mount LoweNE 41°1,699 m18.8 mi
Mount LukensNNE 15°1,546.6 m17.4 mi
Mount YaleNE 50°1,451 m19.2 mi
Muir PeakNE 43°1,427 m18.1 mi
Brown MountainNE 34°1,363 m17.6 mi
Hoyt MountainNNE 26°1,346 m18.7 mi
West FujiNE 44°1,121.969 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1016:49

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, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel240 obs
  • Western Honey Bee203 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk147 obs
  • House Sparrow143 obs
  • Monarch138 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard133 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk124 obs
  • Rock Pigeon108 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/244107303

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