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Pelota Park

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Pelota Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 327 m. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Kuns Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
327 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of La Verne;Bonita Unified School District
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.11002, -117.77700

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kuns Park: 0.4 mi
  • Wheeler Avenue Park: 0.6 mi
  • Senior Quad: 0.7 mi
  • Mainiero Square: 0.8 mi
  • La Verne Sports Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 2.0 mi
  • Tongva Village: 3.6 mi
  • Bridge to Nowhere: 12.1 mi
  • Redwood Grove: 13.9 mi
  • The "M": 14.0 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Gardens
  • Torrey Pines: 3.3 mi
  • Pinyon-Juniper Woodland: 3.3 mi
  • Coastal Sage Scrub: 3.3 mi
  • California Fan Palms: 3.4 mi
  • Baja California: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 42
  • Site C: 4.3 mi
  • Site D: 4.3 mi
  • Site A: 4.3 mi
  • Site E: 4.3 mi
  • Site B: 4.3 mi
Springs: 34
  • Big Cienega Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Forked Spruce Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Fern Springs: 9.7 mi
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Wolfskill Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 11.4 mi
  • San Antonio Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 16.6 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 16.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 16.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 17.5 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 11.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Pelota Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount San AntonioNNE 31°3,068 m14.5 mi
West BaldyNNE 30°3,044 m14.1 mi
Mount HarwoodNE 34°2,907 m14.7 mi
Telegraph PeakNE 44°2,713 m14.6 mi
Cucamonga PeakNE 55°2,695 m13.4 mi
Ontario PeakNE 47°2,640 m11.9 mi
Etiwanda PeakNE 55°2,640 m14.3 mi
Thunder MountainNE 42°2,613 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:03
June solstice05:4119:3020:07
September equinox06:4018:1618:49
December solstice06:5416:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636671767875676054
Precip in2.94.12.11.00.20.10.00.00.01.00.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pomona/fairplex, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard152 obs
  • Mallard120 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel116 obs
  • Canada Goose93 obs
  • California Towhee92 obs
  • Black Phoebe91 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk86 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk84 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/440819869

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