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Piedmont Park

Piedmont Park from directly overhead

Piedmont Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 190 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilson Avenue Mini Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 4.2 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
190 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.15283, -118.24077

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
Artworks
  • Giant Ball: 2.3 mi
  • We Are All One: 2.5 mi
  • Student Gallery: 3.4 mi
  • Williamson Gallery: 3.4 mi
  • The Birds and Trees of Komitas: 3.8 mi
Picnic sites: 50
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Sycamore Glen: 2.5 mi
  • Park Center: 2.7 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 3.0 mi
  • Griffith Park Old Zoo: 3.0 mi
Springs: 28
  • Goldenrod Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Yerba Buena Spring: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 23
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 4
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 8.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 19.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.1 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 6.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Piedmont Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakNE 37°1,879 m11.3 mi
San Gabriel PeakNE 52°1,878 m10.2 mi
Mount DisappointmentNE 50°1,819 m10.1 mi
Mount LawlorNE 44°1,807 m11.3 mi
Mount DeceptionNE 47°1,767 m9.8 mi
Mount MarkhamNE 54°1,746 m10.0 mi
Mount WilsonENE 64°1,737 m11.4 mi
Occidental PeakENE 58°1,736 m10.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4219:3220:09
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.

  • Western Fence Lizard319 obs
  • Mourning Dove172 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel162 obs
  • Western Honey Bee159 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk153 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard122 obs
  • House Finch97 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk97 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/487040878

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