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Norman O. Houston Park

Norman O. Houston Park from directly overhead

Norman O. Houston Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 135 m. Mount Lukens stands 1,547 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ingold Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 7.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
135 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.99883, -118.35756

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Hummingbird Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Grove: 0.7 mi
  • Doris' Japanese Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Kaizuka Meditation Garden: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Baldwin Hills: 1.9 mi
  • Maltman peak: 7.6 mi
  • Olive Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 8.2 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 8.3 mi
Museums
Attractions
Picnic sites: 36
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
  • Picnic Central: 0.8 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 1.0 mi
  • Garden Grove: 1.0 mi
  • Lake Side: 1.1 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Temescal Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 19.3 mi
  • Millard Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 19.8 mi
Beaches: 21
Springs: 12
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 6.6 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 13.8 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 6.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Norman O. Houston Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LukensNNE 20°1,546.6 m19.9 mi
Muir PeakNE 44°1,427 m20.9 mi
Brown MountainNE 36°1,363 m20.4 mi
Hoyt MountainNNE 29°1,346 m21.4 mi
West FujiNE 45°1,121.969 m20.4 mi
Echo MountainNE 43°968 m20.0 mi
Verdugo PeakNNE 17°951.6 m15.6 mi
Wella's PeakNNE 33°910 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575860626468717170676157
Precip in3.33.52.20.60.40.10.00.00.10.60.92.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Culver City, 3 mi away.

  • Western Honey Bee816 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard611 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel476 obs
  • Mallard417 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk413 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird352 obs
  • Monarch338 obs
  • Mourning Dove288 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/478476994

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