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Mountain View Park

Mountain View Park from directly overhead

Mountain View Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 84 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is El Monte Historical Museum, a museum 1.0 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 8.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
84 m
Getting there

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Coordinates34.05598, -118.02195

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
  • Admiration Terrace: 2.9 mi
  • Paegent of Roses Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Dawn Terrace: 2.9 mi
  • Mission View Urn Gardens: 2.9 mi
  • The Gardens: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Picnic sites: 59
  • Group Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 6.0 mi
  • Creekside: 7.2 mi
Springs: 32
  • Big Cienega Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Fern Springs: 14.7 mi
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 15.8 mi
  • Doe Spring: 16.9 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 18.6 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 6.2 mi
  • Bailey Canyon Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 14.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 15.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Mountain View Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gabriel PeakNNW 341°1,878 m13.7 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNW 340°1,819 m14.0 mi
Mount LawlorNNW 342°1,807 m15.6 mi
Mount DeceptionNNW 338°1,767 m14.4 mi
Mount MarkhamNNW 341°1,746 m13.2 mi
Mount WilsonN 349°1,737 m11.8 mi
Occidental PeakNNW 344°1,736 m12.9 mi
Mount LoweNNW 338°1,699 m13.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3020:07
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
  • Western Fence Lizard86 obs
  • Western Honey Bee76 obs
  • House Finch66 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird55 obs
  • Lesser Goldfinch55 obs
  • House Sparrow49 obs
  • Black Phoebe48 obs
  • Red-crowned Amazon48 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/491948797

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