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Rustic Canyon Recreation Center

Rustic Canyon Recreation Center from directly overhead

Rustic Canyon Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 50 m. Verdugo Peak stands 952 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Marquez Family Historical Monument, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
50 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.03797, -118.51517

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Attractions
  • Maison Johnny Halliday: 0.5 mi
  • Case Study House #9: 0.6 mi
  • fresh prince of bel air: 2.1 mi
  • Breakdance Showdown: 2.2 mi
  • Carousel Park: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
Artworks
Gardens
  • Yale Street Urban Garden: 2.6 mi
  • 19th Street Community Farm: 2.8 mi
  • East Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Herb Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Organic Learning Garden: 3.0 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 33
  • Common Grounds: 7.1 mi
  • Lake Side: 8.5 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 8.5 mi
  • Garden Grove: 8.6 mi
  • Picnic Central: 8.7 mi
Beaches: 25
Springs: 11
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 3.3 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 8.4 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 17.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Temescal Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 15.1 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 15.2 mi
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Malibu Bluffs: 10.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.4 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.7 mi
  • Kima Point: 24.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 14.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Rustic Canyon Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Verdugo PeakNE 48°951.6 m18.2 mi
Castro PeakWNW 282°855 m15.8 mi
Saddle PeakWNW 289°851 m8.5 mi
Mission PointN 357°832 m18.9 mi
Tongva PeakNE 53°803 m18.3 mi
Rocky PeakNNW 338°797 m18.9 mi
Chatsworth PeakNNW 335°692 m16.8 mi
Calabasas PeakWNW 303°657 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3220:09
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5716:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565657586063656666636057
Precip in3.13.11.70.60.20.10.00.00.00.50.82.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Monica Pier, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard652 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel305 obs
  • California brittlebush231 obs
  • Western Honey Bee208 obs
  • California Towhee193 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel177 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco174 obs
  • Garden Snail164 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/486256898

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