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Recreation Park

Recreation Park from directly overhead

Recreation Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 176 m. Waterman Mountain stands 2,433 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Monrovia Historical Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 9.1 miles off.

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Coordinates34.14534, -117.98875

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 1.4 mi
  • APES Garden: 3.0 mi
  • APES Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Santa Fe Dam Nature Center Display Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Celebration Garden: 3.6 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
Peaks
Picnic sites: 56
  • Arcadia Wilderness Park: 2.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 4.1 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
  • Site E: 8.1 mi
Springs: 42
  • Fern Springs: 8.8 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Doe Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Winston Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Buckhorn Spring: 14.3 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Hermit Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 3.9 mi
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Bailey Canyon Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Sturtevant Falls: 4.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 12.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 17.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 20.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Recreation Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Waterman MountainNNE 13°2,433 m13.5 mi
Twin PeaksNNE 17°2,365 m12.3 mi
Strawberry PeakNW 322°1,879 m12.1 mi
San Gabriel PeakNW 317°1,878 m9.2 mi
Triplet RocksNNE 24°1,875 m11.9 mi
Mount DisappointmentNW 316°1,819 m9.6 mi
Mount LawlorNW 323°1,807 m10.9 mi
Vetter MountainNNW 348°1,783 m10.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1718:50
December solstice06:5516:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474649525968747570625346
Precip in7.78.35.12.11.00.20.20.00.31.31.94.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Wilson CBS, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Turkey Vulture1,281 obs
  • Mule Deer364 obs
  • Acorn Woodpecker303 obs
  • Red-crowned Amazon291 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard196 obs
  • American Black Bear193 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk128 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel128 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/291377661

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