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Mar Vista Recreation Center

Mar Vista Recreation Center from directly overhead

Mar Vista Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 32 m. Mount Lukens stands 1,547 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Light Tower, a artwork 0.8 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
32 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.01773, -118.42823

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Attractions
  • Jeanne French's Car: 1.0 mi
  • Spirit of Santa Monica: 1.1 mi
  • Sony Pictures Studio Tour: 1.4 mi
  • Abbot Kinney Boulevard: 3.0 mi
  • LMU: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Airport Avenue Demonstration Gardens: 1.1 mi
  • Sara Berman Greenway: 1.3 mi
  • Motor Avenue Urban Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Culver City Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Kaizuka Meditation Garden: 1.9 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Baldwin Hills: 2.7 mi
  • Goat Peak (High Point): 7.1 mi
  • Castellammare Mesa: 7.7 mi
  • Briar Summit: 8.2 mi
  • Green Peak: 8.4 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 32
  • Common Grounds: 2.9 mi
  • Lake Side: 3.3 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 3.4 mi
  • Garden Grove: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Central: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Temescal Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 20.2 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 20.2 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 20.7 mi
Beaches: 20
Springs: 11
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 2.6 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 10.6 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 9.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Mar Vista Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LukensNNE 32°1,546.6 m20.5 mi
Verdugo PeakNNE 32°951.6 m16.1 mi
Saddle PeakWNW 288°851 m13.6 mi
Tongva PeakNE 38°803 m15.7 mi
Calabasas PeakWNW 297°657 m14.4 mi
Temescal PeakNW 309°648 m9.3 mi
SugarloafN 7°630 m20.4 mi
McAuley PeakWNW 283°625 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3220:09
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759606366697069666157
Precip in3.33.32.10.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Monica Muni AP, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch361 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel356 obs
  • Western Honey Bee354 obs
  • Mourning Cloak246 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider229 obs
  • Gray Bird Grasshopper198 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard189 obs
  • Mourning Dove175 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/150096884

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