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Shadow Oak Park

Shadow Oak Park from directly overhead

Shadow Oak Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,737 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Gingrich Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 16 miles off.

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Coordinates34.01978, -117.89936

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Hummingbird & Butterfly Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Desert Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Desert Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Desert Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Rose Garden: 3.5 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Figure: 3.7 mi
  • Circles of a Ripple: 4.6 mi
  • Chapparel Middle School Sign: 5.0 mi
  • Jumping Deer: 5.3 mi
  • Brea, North of Yesterday: 5.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Redwood Grove: 8.1 mi
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 8.8 mi
  • M3 Lee: 9.6 mi
  • M3 Lee: 9.6 mi
  • The "M": 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 48
  • Creekside: 2.9 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 6.2 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 6.2 mi
  • Site B: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 12.3 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Wolfskill Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Bailey Canyon Falls: 14.4 mi
Springs: 27
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 8.5 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 10.7 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Fern Springs: 14.5 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 21.2 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 22.0 mi
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 21.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 21.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Shadow Oak Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilsonNNW 327°1,737 m16.9 mi
Occidental PeakNW 325°1,736 m18.2 mi
Sunset PeakNE 41°1,723 m18.1 mi
Colver PeakNE 44°1,670 m16.6 mi
Monrovia PeakNNW 343°1,649 m14.0 mi
Sunset PointNE 44°1,646 m16.3 mi
Mount HarvardNW 325°1,640 m16.3 mi
Rankin PeakNNW 342°1,606 m13.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4119:3020:07
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
December solstice06:5416:0916:47

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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard52 obs
  • House Finch40 obs
  • Mourning Dove36 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird24 obs
  • San Gabriel Mountains dudleya24 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard23 obs
  • Red-masked Parakeet21 obs
  • Monarch18 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/470478321

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