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Little Cottonwood Park

Little Cottonwood Park from directly overhead

Little Cottonwood Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Sierra Peak stands 928 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 21 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates33.79820, -118.06253

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Laurel Park: 0.4 mi
  • Rossmoor Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lexington Park: 0.9 mi
  • South Highlands Park: 1.0 mi
  • Oak Academy Park: 1.1 mi
Museums
  • Los Alamitos Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Rancho Los Alamitos: 3.0 mi
  • Long Beach Lifeguard Museum: 4.4 mi
  • Red Car Museum: 4.5 mi
  • Western Trails Museum: 4.8 mi
Gardens
  • Long Beach Community Gardens: 1.3 mi
  • Shell Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Cactus Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Jacaranda Walk: 2.9 mi
  • Native Garden: 2.9 mi
Artworks
  • City of Cypress Sculpture: 2.2 mi
  • Carillon Tower: 3.2 mi
  • Lyman Lough Fountain: 3.2 mi
  • Go Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Go Beach: 3.2 mi
Attractions
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Cypress: 2.4 mi
  • Rewind Racers: 4.2 mi
  • Drop Zone: 4.2 mi
  • Barnstormer Planes: 4.2 mi
  • Crank 'n' Roll: 4.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Hawaiian Gardens Veterans Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Ashlee Armond Bench: 3.0 mi
  • WWII Submarine Monument: 3.6 mi
  • airplane monument: 4.3 mi
  • Artesia Vets Memorial: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves: 58
Peaks: 46
  • Landing Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Signal Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Cascade Peak: 8.2 mi
  • Big Thunder Mountain: 8.2 mi
  • Cadillac Range: 8.3 mi
Picnic sites: 30
  • Mother's Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
  • Sunset Ridge Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • Sunset View Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 15.0 mi
Beaches: 15
Waterfalls: 7
  • Washout Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 8.2 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Historic Dam: 16.8 mi
Springs: 6
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Cottonwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sierra PeakE 81°928 m23.7 mi
San Juan HillENE 67°543 m20.3 mi
Bolero PointESE 105°534 m24.3 mi
Gilman PeakENE 62°514 m18.6 mi
Andersen BumpENE 66°482 m19.9 mi
San Pedro HillWSW 257°449 m16.1 mi
Puente HillsNE 41°435 m14.5 mi
Workman HillNNE 14°424 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4319:3020:07
September equinox06:4118:1818:50
December solstice06:5416:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575860636669737473686257
Precip in2.93.01.60.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.82.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Beach Daugherty AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pond Slider573 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard523 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel401 obs
  • Mallard399 obs
  • Canada Goose250 obs
  • Great Blue Heron239 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk208 obs
  • Blue Dasher159 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/163328090

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