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Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area

Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area from directly overhead

Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 214 m. Mount Lukens stands 1,547 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is The Japanese Garden, a attraction 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 16 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
214 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.17639, -118.48536

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • The Japanese Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Workaholics -- The House: 1.7 mi
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 4.6 mi
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 5.1 mi
  • Convento: 6.8 mi
Parks
  • Corn Maze: 0.8 mi
  • Sepulveda Dam Recreational Area: 0.9 mi
  • Sepulveda Garden Center (North): 0.9 mi
  • Sepulveda Garden Center (South): 0.9 mi
  • Libbet Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
  • San Vicente Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Gizmo Peak: 4.4 mi
  • Chalk Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Red Barn Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Temescal Peak: 6.4 mi
Picnic sites: 56
  • shady grass: 6.8 mi
  • Redwood Grove: 6.9 mi
  • Wishing Tree Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
  • Captain's Roost: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 13.4 mi
  • Trail Canyon Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 17.9 mi
Beaches: 20
Springs: 18
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 1.4 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 9.2 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 10.9 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.9 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 15.9 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 19.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 14.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 17.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LukensENE 65°1,546.6 m15.5 mi
Mendenhall PeakNE 39°1,413.1 m15.4 mi
May PeakNNE 15°1,203 m12.6 mi
Oat MountainNNW 328°1,138 m12.5 mi
Contract PointNNE 21°1,108 m12.2 mi
The PinnacleNE 34°1,094 m14.4 mi
Kagel MountainNNE 28°1,081 m12.3 mi
Verdugo PeakENE 77°951.6 m12.0 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 solstice06:5716:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575761636872787977706256
Precip in2.73.82.50.70.30.10.00.00.10.50.72.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — VAN Nuys AP, 3 mi away.

  • Mallard1,867 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant1,104 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1,052 obs
  • Snowy Egret1,011 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird967 obs
  • Great Egret880 obs
  • Great Blue Heron850 obs
  • Pied-billed Grebe821 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 node/358779407

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