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Palmer Park

Palmer Park from directly overhead

Palmer Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 147 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Palmer Park Community Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 3.4 miles off.

Basketball Court, Children’s Play Area, Picnic Areas, Special Facilities, and Wading Pool.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.13207, -118.24769

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Palmer Park Community Garden: 0.0 mi
  • FEAST: Oxy Student Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Armstrong Native Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Cycad Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Amir's Garden: 2.7 mi
Parks
  • ADAMS SQUARE MINI PARK: 0.3 mi
  • Maryland Avenue Park: 0.5 mi
  • Maple Park: 0.5 mi
  • Windsor Mini Park: 0.7 mi
  • Cerritos Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
  • Adams Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Glendale Peak: 2.4 mi
  • Fiji Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Bee Rock: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Artworks
Picnic sites: 48
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 2.0 mi
  • Park Center: 2.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 2.2 mi
  • Sycamore Glen: 2.2 mi
Springs: 27
  • Goldenrod Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 13.5 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 13.8 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Beaches: 11
Cliffs: 4
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 10.2 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.1 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 5.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Palmer Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakNE 35°1,879 m12.7 mi
San Gabriel PeakNE 48°1,878 m11.5 mi
Mount DisappointmentNE 46°1,819 m11.3 mi
Mount LawlorNE 41°1,807 m12.6 mi
Mount DeceptionNE 43°1,767 m11.1 mi
Mount MarkhamNE 50°1,746 m11.2 mi
Mount WilsonENE 59°1,737 m12.4 mi
Occidental PeakNE 53°1,736 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5616:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575861636671767776706256
Precip in4.55.23.01.10.50.20.10.00.20.81.13.3

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

  • Great Blue Heron632 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard509 obs
  • Black-necked Stilt430 obs
  • Mallard381 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant349 obs
  • Great Egret344 obs
  • Black Phoebe293 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron270 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/359671237

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