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Prospect Park

Prospect Park from directly overhead

Prospect Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 107 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Aliso Triangle, a park 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 1.5 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
107 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.05363, -118.21766

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Attractions
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Flag Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Flag Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Solano Canyon Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Blue Ribbon Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Fredric Roberts Garden: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Flat Point Park: 2.3 mi
  • Ernest E. Debs: 3.5 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 4.0 mi
  • Maltman peak: 4.2 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 4.2 mi
Picnic sites: 46
  • Sycamore Glen: 5.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 5.9 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 6.2 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
  • Park Center: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 25
Springs: 19
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 13.8 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 17.7 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 18.3 mi
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 3.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Prospect Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakNNE 19°1,879 m16.8 mi
San Gabriel PeakNNE 27°1,878 m14.8 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE 26°1,819 m14.8 mi
Mount LawlorNNE 23°1,807 m16.3 mi
Mount DeceptionNNE 24°1,767 m14.7 mi
Mount MarkhamNNE 28°1,746 m14.4 mi
Mount WilsonNE 37°1,737 m14.8 mi
Occidental PeakNNE 31°1,736 m14.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585961646669737574696358
Precip in3.33.62.20.70.30.10.00.00.10.60.82.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Angeles Downtown/usc, 5 mi away.

  • House Sparrow372 obs
  • Rock Pigeon253 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk239 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard212 obs
  • Mallard186 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel176 obs
  • Western Honey Bee172 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird150 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/173100635

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