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Puddingstone Reservoir State Recreation Area

Puddingstone Reservoir State Recreation Area from directly overhead

Puddingstone Reservoir State Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 296 m. West Baldy stands 3,044 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
296 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.08195, -117.79895

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Garden of Family Love: 2.3 mi
  • Vale of Faith Gardens: 2.7 mi
  • Meditation Garden: 2.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 2.0 mi
  • Tongva Village: 5.3 mi
  • Redwood Grove: 11.7 mi
  • The "M": 13.4 mi
  • Bridge to Nowhere: 14.2 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 41
  • Site A: 3.7 mi
  • Site C: 3.7 mi
  • Site D: 3.7 mi
  • Site B: 3.7 mi
  • Site E: 3.8 mi
Springs: 34
  • Big Cienega Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 9.3 mi
  • Fern Springs: 10.9 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 11.0 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Wolfskill Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 15.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 16.2 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 16.4 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 16.6 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 17.4 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 14.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Puddingstone Reservoir State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West BaldyNNE 30°3,044 m16.4 mi
Cucamonga PeakNE 51°2,695 m15.6 mi
Ontario PeakNE 45°2,640 m14.2 mi
Etiwanda PeakNE 52°2,640 m16.4 mi
Bighorn PeakNE 48°2,575 m15.6 mi
Timber MountainNE 46°2,521 m16.3 mi
Sadie HawkinsN 357°2,453 m16.7 mi
Iron MountainNNE 19°2,419 m15.1 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
  • Mallard402 obs
  • Canada Goose276 obs
  • American Coot261 obs
  • Western Bluebird239 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk226 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard205 obs
  • Spotted Sandpiper186 obs
  • California Towhee171 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 node/358790874

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