Sara Mendez Park
Sara Mendez Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 36 m. Mount Harvard stands 1,640 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Vista Verde Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 36 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Norwalk
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vista Verde Park: 0.5 mi
- Little Lake Park: 0.8 mi
- Lakeside Park: 0.9 mi
- Robert White Park: 1.1 mi
- Norwalk Park: 1.1 mi
- Freedom Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Norwalk Square: 1.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Valley View Farms Business Center Plaque: 3.4 mi
- Valley View Farms History Tour Marker: 3.4 mi
- Hathaway Ranch Museum: 1.0 mi
- Sproul Museum: 1.2 mi
- Hargitt House Museum: 1.8 mi
- McDonald's Museum: 2.7 mi
- Columbia Memorial Space Center: 2.8 mi
- Founders Plaza: 1.5 mi
- Bogey & Scratch: 1.9 mi
- Spring Star: 2.0 mi
- A City Evolves: 2.0 mi
- Maiastra Fountain: 2.2 mi
- Apollo Boilerplate 12: 2.8 mi
- Little India: 4.0 mi
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Cypress: 6.3 mi
- Pirates Dinner Adventure: 6.8 mi
- Medieval Times: 6.9 mi
- Cerritos Sculpture Garden: 3.9 mi
- Upper Campus Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Paramount Cortland Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- 5th Grade Garden: 5.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial Garden: 6.6 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Bosque del Rio Hondo Natural Area: 7.5 mi
- West Coyote Hills: 6.3 mi
- Workman Hill: 6.7 mi
- Whittier Hill: 6.9 mi
- Montebello Hills: 7.6 mi
- West Coyote Hills: 7.8 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Hidden Valley: 9.9 mi
- Creekside: 10.0 mi
- Mother's Beach: 11.5 mi
- Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 12.1 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 12.2 mi
- Washout Falls: 12.2 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 12.3 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 15.2 mi
- Mother's Beach: 11.4 mi
- Long Beach City Beach: 11.9 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 15.8 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 18.2 mi
- Cabrillo Beach: 18.5 mi
- Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 17.6 mi
- McDermont Spring: 19.8 mi
- Big Cienega Spring: 22.5 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 23.1 mi
- Fern Springs: 24.5 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 20.0 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 23.6 mi
- Spa Palace: 14.1 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Sara Mendez Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Harvard | N 4° | 1,640 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mount Yale | N 3° | 1,451 m | 19.6 mi |
| Muir Peak | N 357° | 1,427 m | 20.4 mi |
| Clamshell Peak | NNE 14° | 1,338 m | 20.0 mi |
| West Fuji | N 356° | 1,121.969 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Bliss | NNE 23° | 1,121 m | 19.7 mi |
| Mount Zion | N 9° | 1,091 m | 20.5 mi |
| Jones Peak | N 6° | 1,029 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:30 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:10 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 58 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 62 | 57 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fullerton Muni AP, 7 mi away.
- Garden Snail741 obs
- Western Fence Lizard180 obs
- Mallard121 obs
- Western Honey Bee92 obs
- Common Pill Woodlouse91 obs
- Southern Flatcoil88 obs
- Rock Pigeon79 obs
- Brown Widow65 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/181475447
Day trips start here
- Norwalk · 1 mi
- Gateway Cities · 2 mi
- Santa Fe Springs · 2 mi
- Bellflower · 3 mi
- Downey · 3 mi
- Artesia · 4 mi
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