Robert M McCurdy Nature Center
Robert M McCurdy Nature Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 298 m. Roundtop stands 1,908 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Eaton Canyon Natural Area and Nature Center, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 3.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 298 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eaton Canyon Natural Area and Nature Center: 0.1 mi
- Kinneloa Irrigation District Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Henninger Flats: 0.9 mi
- Kinneloa Irrigation District Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Casa Del Caballero: 1.6 mi
- Victory Park: 1.2 mi
- Eaton Sunnyslope Park: 1.4 mi
- Gwinn Park: 1.4 mi
- Viña Vieja Park: 1.5 mi
- Hamilton Park: 1.6 mi
- Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 1.4 mi
- Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 1.5 mi
- Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 2.3 mi
- Sierra Madre Memorial Cannon: 2.5 mi
- Boone Sculpture Garden: 2.6 mi
- Vinny's Mini-World: 2.0 mi
- Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Oakland Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Garden of the Associates: 3.2 mi
- Catalina Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Miner's hut: 2.1 mi
- Cabin ruins: 2.2 mi
- Sierra Madre Memorial Wall: 2.5 mi
- Memorial Wall: 2.7 mi
- Resevoir: 2.7 mi
- West Fuji: 2.2 mi
- Jones Peak: 2.6 mi
- Muir Peak: 2.6 mi
- Mount Yale: 2.6 mi
- Echo Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Lizzies Trail Inn: 2.8 mi
- Richardson House: 2.8 mi
- USC Pacific Asia Museum: 3.3 mi
- Flora-Legium / Banta Hall: 3.5 mi
- Huntington Library Exhibition Hall: 3.6 mi
- Pan: 3.5 mi
- Hymenaios: 3.5 mi
- Bearded Figure: 3.5 mi
- Five Minimalist Poems: 3.5 mi
- Allegorical Figure: 3.6 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 4.4 mi
- Art Center Food Garden: 5.1 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Red Box Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Paul Little: 6.2 mi
- Not Much of a Spring: 10.0 mi
- Silk Tassel Spring: 10.1 mi
- Doe Spring: 10.1 mi
- Baughman Spring: 12.3 mi
- Fern Springs: 13.4 mi
- Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 1.3 mi
- Bailey Canyon Falls: 2.0 mi
- Ribbon Rocks Falls: 2.3 mi
- Moss Grotto Falls: 2.3 mi
- Grand Chasm Falls: 2.4 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 6.5 mi
- Spa Palace: 13.0 mi
- Mother's Beach: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Robert M McCurdy Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roundtop | N 8° | 1,908 m | 12.2 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | N 350° | 1,879 m | 7.4 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | N 359° | 1,878 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | N 354° | 1,819 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Lawlor | N 356° | 1,807 m | 6.4 mi |
| Vetter Mountain | NNE 25° | 1,783 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Deception | NNW 348° | 1,767 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Mooney | NNE 30° | 1,761 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 66 | 71 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pasadena, 3 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard896 obs
- chaparral yucca736 obs
- California Buckwheat700 obs
- coast live oak658 obs
- Pacific poison oak651 obs
- laurel sumac623 obs
- California sagebrush580 obs
- California brittlebush524 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358826082
Day trips start here
- Pasadena · 2 mi
- San Marino · 4 mi
- Arcadia · 5 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge · 5 mi
- Monrovia · 6 mi
- San Gabriel · 6 mi
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