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San Dimas Canyon Park

San Dimas Canyon Park from directly overhead

San Dimas Canyon Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 412 m. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Horsethief Canyon Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
412 m
Getting there

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Coordinates34.12953, -117.79380

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens
  • Coastal Sage Scrub: 4.3 mi
  • Torrey Pines: 4.3 mi
  • Pinyon-Juniper Woodland: 4.4 mi
  • Baja California: 4.4 mi
  • Blue Fan Palms: 4.4 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Site C: 3.5 mi
  • Site D: 3.5 mi
  • Site A: 3.5 mi
  • Site E: 3.6 mi
  • Site B: 3.6 mi
Springs: 37
  • Big Cienega Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Fern Springs: 8.1 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Forked Spruce Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Wolfskill Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 11.5 mi
  • San Antonio Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 18.2 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 18.4 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 18.5 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.1 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 11.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of San Dimas Canyon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount San AntonioNE 37°3,068 m13.9 mi
West BaldyNE 36°3,044 m13.5 mi
Mount HarwoodNE 40°2,907 m14.2 mi
Telegraph PeakNE 51°2,713 m14.4 mi
Cucamonga PeakENE 62°2,695 m13.5 mi
Mount HawkinsN 357°2,677 m14.6 mi
Ontario PeakNE 55°2,640 m11.8 mi
Etiwanda PeakENE 62°2,640 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:03
June solstice05:4119:3020:07
September equinox06:4018:1618:49
December solstice06:5416:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636671767875676054
Precip in2.94.12.11.00.20.10.00.00.01.00.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pomona/fairplex, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard95 obs
  • coast live oak78 obs
  • castor bean76 obs
  • laurel sumac72 obs
  • Western Rattlesnake63 obs
  • House Finch56 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk55 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard52 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/465546320

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