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Pacoima Park

Pacoima Park from directly overhead

Pacoima Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 314 m. Messenger Peak stands 1,833 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Roger W. Jessup Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 17 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
314 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.26869, -118.41351

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Kima Pakoinga: 1.0 mi
  • Altar: 1.2 mi
  • Ritchie Valens Mural: 1.4 mi
  • César Estrada Chávez: 1.6 mi
  • Guernica to Home: 1.9 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Convento: 2.8 mi
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 4.9 mi
  • Workaholics -- The House: 6.2 mi
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 7.0 mi
  • The Japanese Garden: 7.1 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 53
  • Wishing Tree Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • Wagon Tracks: 9.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Tumbleweeds: 9.9 mi
Springs: 33
  • Fascination Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Indian Springs: 6.4 mi
  • Los Pinetos Spring: 6.5 mi
Waterfalls: 21
Beaches: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.2 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 14.8 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 16.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 21.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Pacoima Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Messenger PeakENE 58°1,833 m14.5 mi
Iron MountainENE 62°1,717.5 m11.9 mi
Condor PeakENE 70°1,658 m11.7 mi
Mount LukensE 90°1,546.6 m10.0 mi
Condor PointENE 71°1,538.3 m10.9 mi
Fox MountainENE 75°1,534 m12.6 mi
Mount McKinleyENE 60°1,497 m9.8 mi
Magic MountainNNE 31°1,477 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4319:3220:10
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5716:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565759626670767775686155
Precip in3.03.92.40.70.30.10.00.00.10.60.72.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Glendale Pasadena AP, 6 mi away.

  • Western Fence Lizard134 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk105 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard101 obs
  • Western Honey Bee59 obs
  • mule fat54 obs
  • Monarch47 obs
  • castor bean47 obs
  • Mallard46 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/486646275

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