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Los Angeles County Arboretum

Los Angeles County Arboretum from directly overhead

Los Angeles County Arboretum is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is California Native Habitat Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 5.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.14180, -118.05506

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • California Native Habitat Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Redwood Grove: 0.1 mi
  • Daylily and Magnolia Collection: 0.1 mi
  • Herb Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Meadowbrook: 0.1 mi
Attractions
Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Picnic sites: 54
  • Covered Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
  • Arcadia Wilderness Park: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 7.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 7.3 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
Springs: 40
  • Doe Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Fern Springs: 12.1 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 13.8 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 0.1 mi
  • Bailey Canyon Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 4.7 mi
  • Sturtevant Falls: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 9.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 13.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Los Angeles County Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakNNW 339°1,879 m10.5 mi
San Gabriel PeakNNW 340°1,878 m7.4 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNW 338°1,819 m7.8 mi
Mount LawlorNNW 343°1,807 m9.3 mi
Vetter MountainN 8°1,783 m10.8 mi
Mount DeceptionNNW 335°1,767 m8.2 mi
Mount MooneyNNE 13°1,761 m11.7 mi
Mount MarkhamNNW 339°1,746 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1718:50
December solstice06:5516:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575861636771757775696257
Precip in3.64.22.50.60.50.10.00.00.10.60.92.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Gabriel Fire Dept, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Indian Peafowl1,398 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard716 obs
  • Red-whiskered Bulbul527 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel484 obs
  • Canada Goose434 obs
  • Mallard413 obs
  • Pond Slider389 obs
  • California Towhee374 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/156466447

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