Nordhoff Recreation Center
Nordhoff Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 257 m. Mount Lukens stands 1,547 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Fido, a artwork 0.7 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 257 m
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fido: 0.7 mi
- Our Lady of Peace: 1.0 mi
- Aztec Solar Calendar: 1.2 mi
- Kobe mural: 1.5 mi
- Epicenter (not): 2.4 mi
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 0.7 mi
- Ralph Prator Fountain: 2.6 mi
- Convento: 3.0 mi
- Workaholics -- The House: 3.6 mi
- The Japanese Garden: 3.6 mi
- Dearborn Park: 1.2 mi
- Marson Street Pocket Park: 1.8 mi
- Granada Hills Recreation Center aka Petit Park: 2.0 mi
- Albert Piantanida Park: 2.2 mi
- Cardenas Recreation Center: 2.3 mi
- Valley Relics Museum: 1.6 mi
- Museum of the San Fernando Valley: 3.3 mi
- Casa de López: 4.1 mi
- Nethercutt Museum: 5.2 mi
- Los Encinos State Historic Park: 5.2 mi
- Chapel of the Cross Lutheran: 1.6 mi
- Tree Disguise: 2.2 mi
- Tree Disguise: 2.2 mi
- Earthquake Garden: 2.4 mi
- Old Granada Village: 2.7 mi
- Rainforest: 2.2 mi
- MHCC Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Botanical Garden: 2.3 mi
- Cottonwood Urban Farm: 3.4 mi
- Los Angeles River & Aliso Creek Confluence Park: 4.4 mi
- Mission Point: 6.0 mi
- Red Barn Hill: 6.5 mi
- Stoney Point: 7.2 mi
- Chalk Hill: 7.2 mi
- San Vicente Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Deervale-Stone Canyon Park: 6.6 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 6.7 mi
- LA County Open Space: 6.8 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 6.9 mi
- Oak Forest Canyon Natural Area: 7.2 mi
- Redwood Grove: 7.2 mi
- shady grass: 7.8 mi
- Wishing Tree Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 5.3 mi
- Hialeah Springs: 8.7 mi
- Los Pinetos Spring: 8.8 mi
- Eagle Spring: 10.0 mi
- Fascination Spring: 10.1 mi
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 9.4 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 10.9 mi
- Temescal Falls: 11.9 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 14.5 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 17.4 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 14.1 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 14.1 mi
- Topanga County Beach: 14.6 mi
- Palisades Beach: 14.7 mi
- Big Rock Beach: 15.6 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 5.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 5.3 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 5.5 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 18.7 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 19.0 mi
- Mentryville: 12.2 mi
- Coba Arch: 17.3 mi
- Spa Palace: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Nordhoff Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lukens | E 80° | 1,546.6 m | 14.3 mi |
| Condor Point | ENE 68° | 1,538.3 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount McKinley | ENE 60° | 1,497 m | 14.6 mi |
| Magic Mountain | NE 41° | 1,477 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mendenhall Peak | NE 51° | 1,413.1 m | 12.6 mi |
| May Peak | NNE 22° | 1,203 m | 8.8 mi |
| Oat Mountain | NW 315° | 1,138 m | 9.2 mi |
| Contract Point | NNE 31° | 1,108 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:10 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 57 | 61 | 63 | 68 | 72 | 78 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — VAN Nuys AP, 2 mi away.
- Western Honey Bee76 obs
- Monarch41 obs
- Southern Alligator Lizard40 obs
- Brown Widow39 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel36 obs
- Northern Mockingbird35 obs
- Arizona Mantis34 obs
- Marbled Cellar Spider34 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/427749665
Day trips start here
- North Valley · 0 mi
- San Fernando Valley · 1 mi
- Van Nuys · 4 mi
- South Valley · 5 mi
- Sherman Oaks · 6 mi
- Chatsworth · 7 mi
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