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Poinsettia Recreation Center

Poinsettia Recreation Center from directly overhead

Poinsettia Recreation Center is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 81 m. Mount Deception stands 1,767 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Back Lot, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 6.0 miles off.

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Coordinates34.08809, -118.34981

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Back Lot: 0.2 mi
  • Pink wings: 0.6 mi
  • Kermit the Frog: 0.7 mi
  • Made in LA: 0.9 mi
  • Fairfax Community Mural: 0.9 mi
Parks
  • Plummer Park: 0.3 mi
  • Formosa Park: 0.3 mi
  • Matthew Shepard Human Rights Triangle: 0.9 mi
  • Crescent Heights Triangle: 1.0 mi
  • Laurel Avenue Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Hollywood's Rock Walk: 0.7 mi
  • Walk of Fame: 0.9 mi
  • Walk of Fame: 1.0 mi
  • Walk of Fame: 1.0 mi
  • Walk of Fame: 1.0 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Spanish Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Italian Rose Garden: 1.2 mi
  • American Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Yamashiro Gardens: 1.3 mi
  • Old Japanese Garden: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Picnic sites: 42
  • Captain's Roost: 3.9 mi
  • Tom LaBonge Panorama: 3.9 mi
  • 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 4.4 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 4.7 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Temescal Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 14.1 mi
  • Millard Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Royal Falls: 15.4 mi
Springs: 18
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 6.9 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 9.9 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 14.2 mi
Beaches: 17
Cliffs: 5
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 16.2 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.1 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.3 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 20.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 5.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Poinsettia Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DeceptionNE 50°1,767 m17.4 mi
Mount MarkhamNE 54°1,746 m17.6 mi
Mount LoweNE 55°1,699 m17.1 mi
Mount LukensNNE 27°1,546.6 m14.0 mi
Condor PointNNE 22°1,538.3 m17.4 mi
Muir PeakENE 58°1,427 m16.7 mi
Brown MountainNE 48°1,363 m15.5 mi
Hoyt MountainNE 38°1,346 m16.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F605960626366707171686459
Precip in4.14.72.70.80.40.10.00.00.10.71.02.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — U C L A, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel553 obs
  • Western Honey Bee306 obs
  • Monarch284 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard219 obs
  • Arizona Mantis200 obs
  • Garden Snail196 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk174 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider159 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/243866640

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