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Olmstead Place

Olmstead Place from directly overhead

Olmstead Place is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 66 m. Saddle Peak stands 851 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Civic Center Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 20 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates33.80009, -118.39011

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Village Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Torrance Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Pollination Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Garden of the Senses: 2.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 2.7 mi
Attractions
  • Tiger Woods Point: 1.8 mi
  • Wayfarers Chapel: 3.9 mi
  • The Graben: 4.6 mi
  • K1 Speed Indoor Karting: 7.0 mi
  • Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles: 7.3 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 39
Beaches: 21
Picnic sites: 21
  • Day Camp: 2.2 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • Washington Park Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Common Grounds: 12.3 mi
  • Picnic Central: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Temescal Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 22.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 19.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Olmstead Place. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saddle PeakNW 322°851 m24.5 mi
Temescal PeakNNW 336°648 m22.9 mi
San Vicente MountainNNW 343°598 m23.8 mi
Eagle RockNNW 334°596 m23.6 mi
Green PeakNNW 335°590 m21.8 mi
Gizmo PeakNNW 340°587.35 m24.2 mi
Cahuenga PeakN 9°553 m23.6 mi
Goat Peak (High Point)NNW 337°527 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5516:1116:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575758606365697069666157
Precip in3.03.72.20.60.30.10.10.00.10.50.82.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redondo Beach, 3 mi away.

  • Western Gull235 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard224 obs
  • Garden Snail202 obs
  • Horn Shark163 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk155 obs
  • Western Honey Bee147 obs
  • Heermann's Gull142 obs
  • lemonade berry133 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/549029756

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