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Rowland Heights Park

Rowland Heights Park from directly overhead

Rowland Heights Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 154 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,737 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Friendship Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
154 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.98912, -117.88030

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Figure: 2.5 mi
  • Jumping Deer: 3.5 mi
  • Brea, North of Yesterday: 3.5 mi
  • Chapparel Middle School Sign: 3.6 mi
  • Sunburst: 3.7 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Hummingbird & Butterfly Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Rose Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
  • Redwood Grove: 5.7 mi
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 9.2 mi
  • M3 Lee: 11.3 mi
  • M3 Lee: 11.3 mi
  • Pirates Dinner Adventure: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Creekside: 2.7 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 2.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 8.6 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 8.6 mi
  • Site A: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Schweitzer Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Washout Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 12.8 mi
  • Historic Dam: 13.3 mi
Springs: 22
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 6.5 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Fern Springs: 16.5 mi
  • Horsetrough Spring: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 17.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 18.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 18.5 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.8 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 22.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Rowland Heights Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilsonNNW 328°1,737 m19.2 mi
Sunset PeakNE 35°1,723 m19.1 mi
Colver PeakNE 37°1,670 m17.5 mi
Monrovia PeakNNW 342°1,649 m16.3 mi
Sunset PointNE 37°1,646 m17.2 mi
Mount HarvardNW 326°1,640 m18.7 mi
Rankin PeakNNW 340°1,606 m16.1 mi
Mount YaleNW 325°1,451 m18.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3020:07
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
December solstice06:5416:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F606063656872767776716559
Precip in3.23.11.80.70.40.10.10.00.10.61.02.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anaheim, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard34 obs
  • Western Honey Bee29 obs
  • Garden Snail25 obs
  • House Finch19 obs
  • Gray Bird Grasshopper16 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard14 obs
  • Brown Widow14 obs
  • Mourning Dove13 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/486868153

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