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Ramon Garcia Recreation Center

Ramon Garcia Recreation Center from directly overhead

Ramon Garcia Recreation Center is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 81 m. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Boyle Heights Recreation Center, a park 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 3.4 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates34.02739, -118.20606

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
  • Flag Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Flag Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Fredric Roberts Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Blue Ribbon Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Blue Ribbon Garden: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Flat Point Park: 4.0 mi
  • Ernest E. Debs: 5.1 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 5.8 mi
  • Maltman peak: 5.9 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 6.0 mi
Picnic sites: 43
  • Sycamore Glen: 6.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 7.8 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 8.0 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Park Center: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 25
Springs: 15
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 14.5 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 19.1 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 20.0 mi
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 4.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Ramon Garcia Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gabriel PeakNNE 22°1,878 m16.1 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE 21°1,819 m16.2 mi
Mount LawlorNNE 19°1,807 m17.8 mi
Mount DeceptionNNE 19°1,767 m16.2 mi
Mount MarkhamNNE 23°1,746 m15.7 mi
Mount WilsonNNE 31°1,737 m15.9 mi
Occidental PeakNNE 26°1,736 m16.0 mi
Mount LoweNNE 22°1,699 m15.2 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.

  • Red-tailed Hawk107 obs
  • Mallard91 obs
  • American Herring Gull89 obs
  • Muscovy Duck72 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel71 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard63 obs
  • House Sparrow59 obs
  • Rock Pigeon54 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/202895457

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