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San Rafael Park

San Rafael Park from directly overhead

San Rafael Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 269 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Rock, a peak 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 1.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
269 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.14063, -118.17734

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Gardens
Artworks
  • Fork in the Road: 1.4 mi
  • Student Gallery: 2.0 mi
  • Williamson Gallery: 2.0 mi
  • St. Francis: 3.2 mi
  • Lion Dogs: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Defenders of the Union: 1.7 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Armenian Genocide Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Pasadena Robinson Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Former Residence (1980-1981) of the Honorable Barack H. Obama: 2.1 mi
Picnic sites: 46
  • Art Center Food Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Sycamore Glen: 2.1 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
  • Park Center: 6.1 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 6.1 mi
Springs: 36
  • Not Much of a Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Yerba Buena Spring: 14.8 mi
Waterfalls: 24
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 4
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 8.2 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 7.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of San Rafael Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakNNE 18°1,879 m10.4 mi
San Gabriel PeakNNE 32°1,878 m8.4 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE 29°1,819 m8.4 mi
Mount LawlorNNE 25°1,807 m9.9 mi
Mount DeceptionNNE 26°1,767 m8.3 mi
Mount MarkhamNE 34°1,746 m8.0 mi
Mount WilsonNE 49°1,737 m8.8 mi
Occidental PeakNE 39°1,736 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:0916:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575861636671767776706256
Precip in4.55.23.01.10.50.20.10.00.20.81.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pasadena, 2 mi away.

  • Red-crowned Amazon2,388 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard1,120 obs
  • Toyon1,089 obs
  • coast live oak1,087 obs
  • Yellow-headed Amazon971 obs
  • laurel sumac852 obs
  • golden currant829 obs
  • Mallard791 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/493521469

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