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Pío Pico State Historic Park

Pío Pico State Historic Park from directly overhead

Pío Pico State Historic Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 54 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Guirado Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 9.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
54 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
California Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.99370, -118.07107

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
  • Pinewood Urn Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Paegent of Roses Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Fountain Urn Gardens: 2.6 mi
  • Memorial Chapel Garden: 2.7 mi
  • The Gardens: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • M3 Lee: 3.9 mi
  • M3 Lee: 3.9 mi
  • Citadel Outlets: 4.8 mi
  • Apollo Boilerplate 12: 6.2 mi
  • Misión San Gabriel Archángel: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 50
  • Group Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 8.2 mi
  • Creekside: 8.2 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 10.2 mi
  • Bailey Canyon Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 14.1 mi
  • Ribbon Rocks Falls: 15.0 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 9
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 17.1 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 18.6 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Fern Springs: 19.8 mi
  • Doe Spring: 21.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 12.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Pío Pico State Historic Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gabriel PeakN 355°1,878 m17.3 mi
Mount MarkhamN 355°1,746 m16.9 mi
Mount WilsonN 2°1,737 m15.9 mi
Occidental PeakN 358°1,736 m16.7 mi
Mount LoweN 353°1,699 m16.6 mi
Monrovia PeakNNE 21°1,649 m16.2 mi
Mount HarvardN 2°1,640 m15.2 mi
Rankin PeakNNE 20°1,606 m15.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3120:07
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:0916:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575861636771757775696257
Precip in3.64.22.50.60.50.10.00.00.10.60.92.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Gabriel Fire Dept, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard201 obs
  • Monarch194 obs
  • Western Honey Bee156 obs
  • Gray Bird Grasshopper137 obs
  • Arizona Mantis121 obs
  • Black Phoebe104 obs
  • Fiery Skipper99 obs
  • House Sparrow93 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/456140001

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