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Mountain View Park

Mountain View Park from directly overhead

Mountain View Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 153 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Travel Town Museum, a museum 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 7.4 miles off.

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Coordinates34.15792, -118.31565

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
  • Johnny Carson Park: 0.8 mi
  • Buena Vista Park: 0.8 mi
  • Bette Davis Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln Park: 0.9 mi
  • Santa Anita Playlot: 1.0 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Warner Bros Studio Tour: 1.3 mi
  • Haunted Picnic Table 29: 1.5 mi
  • Hollywood Sign: 1.7 mi
  • Wisdom Tree: 1.8 mi
  • Colonial Street: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 44
  • Mineral Wells Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
  • Amir's Garden Picnic Site: 1.7 mi
  • 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
  • Tom LaBonge Panorama: 2.2 mi
  • Captain's Roost: 2.2 mi
Springs: 25
  • Goldenrod Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 10.5 mi
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 11.3 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 5
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 11.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 15.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.4 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 23.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 7.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Mountain View Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gabriel PeakENE 65°1,878 m13.7 mi
Mount DisappointmentENE 63°1,819 m13.5 mi
Mount DeceptionENE 61°1,767 m13.1 mi
Mount MarkhamENE 66°1,746 m13.5 mi
Iron MountainNNE 21°1,717.5 m14.1 mi
Mount LoweENE 67°1,699 m13.0 mi
Josephine PeakNE 46°1,694 m12.8 mi
Condor PeakNNE 25°1,658 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1818:52
December solstice06:5616:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565659626569747674686055
Precip in3.74.52.80.90.40.10.00.00.10.70.92.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Valley Pump PLT, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard1,619 obs
  • Mallard999 obs
  • Black-necked Stilt954 obs
  • Great Blue Heron898 obs
  • Black Phoebe796 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk766 obs
  • Great Egret762 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel690 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/42293555

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