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San Fernando Recreation Park

San Fernando Recreation Park from directly overhead

San Fernando Recreation Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 323 m. Messenger Peak stands 1,833 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is César Estrada Chávez Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 18 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
323 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.28093, -118.43396

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • César Estrada Chávez Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Senator Tom Carrell Memorial Court: 0.3 mi
  • El Paseo de San Fernando: 0.5 mi
  • Casa de López: 0.5 mi
  • Layne Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
  • Convento: 1.7 mi
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 4.3 mi
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 6.3 mi
  • Abandoned Oil Rigs: 6.4 mi
  • Workaholics -- The House: 6.6 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 53
  • Wishing Tree Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
  • Wagon Tracks: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
  • Tumbleweeds: 8.5 mi
Springs: 35
  • Los Pinetos Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Indian Springs: 6.8 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 6.6 mi
  • Trail Canyon Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 14.7 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Royal Falls: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 12
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 6.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 6.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 6.9 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 16.0 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 18.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of San Fernando Recreation Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Messenger PeakENE 63°1,833 m15.1 mi
Iron MountainENE 68°1,717.5 m12.6 mi
Condor PeakENE 76°1,658 m12.6 mi
Mount LukensE 94°1,546.6 m11.2 mi
Condor PointENE 76°1,538.3 m11.8 mi
Fox MountainE 80°1,534 m13.6 mi
Mount McKinleyENE 67°1,497 m10.5 mi
Magic MountainNE 39°1,477 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4319:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5716:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575760636772777876696256
Precip in3.43.92.40.70.40.10.00.00.10.60.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northridge CAL State, 6 mi away.

  • Western Honey Bee49 obs
  • Monarch39 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard33 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird32 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard31 obs
  • House Sparrow28 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel26 obs
  • Gray Bird Grasshopper26 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/172229842

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