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Runnymede Recreation Center

Runnymede Recreation Center from directly overhead

Runnymede Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 237 m. May Peak stands 1,203 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Forest Glen Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
237 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.20494, -118.57313

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Forest Glen Park: 0.2 mi
  • John Quimby Park: 1.0 mi
  • Haynes Street Greenway: 1.1 mi
  • Winnetka Park: 1.2 mi
  • S. Mark Taper Life Science Botanical Garden: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Pierce College Farm Fields: 1.3 mi
  • Banksia: 1.4 mi
  • Australian Grass Tree: 1.4 mi
  • Kangaroo Paws: 1.4 mi
  • Hakea: 1.4 mi
Artworks
  • Clarence the Bull: 1.4 mi
  • Old Trapper's Lodge: 1.5 mi
  • Old Trapper's Lodge: 1.5 mi
  • Dinosaurs: 1.7 mi
  • Dinosaurs: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Red Barn Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Chalk Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Stoney Point: 4.9 mi
  • Garden of the Gods: 5.2 mi
  • Castle Peak: 5.2 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 3.4 mi
  • Munch Box: 3.9 mi
  • Valley Girl -- Party House: 4.2 mi
  • Encino Man -- Family House: 4.5 mi
  • Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday -- Voorhees House: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites: 53
Beaches: 26
Springs: 17
Waterfalls: 13
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 12.7 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 16.3 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 16.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 6.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 6.1 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 6.1 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 14.1 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 12.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 20.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
May PeakNE 39°1,203 m13.1 mi
Oat MountainN 350°1,138 m8.8 mi
Contract PointNE 45°1,108 m13.4 mi
The PinnacleNE 53°1,094 m16.4 mi
Kagel MountainNE 50°1,081 m13.9 mi
Limerock PeakENE 58°905 m14.6 mi
Towsley PeakN 354°875 m10.5 mi
Castro PeakSW 236°855 m14.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice06:5716:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565760636773787976696156
Precip in3.74.62.70.80.40.10.00.00.10.60.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodland Hills Pierce College, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mourning Dove215 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary211 obs
  • Monarch161 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel158 obs
  • Western Honey Bee155 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard148 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel140 obs
  • Desert Cottontail104 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/245743034

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