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Sierra Vista Park

Sierra Vista Park from directly overhead

Sierra Vista Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 232 m. Twin Peaks stands 2,365 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Wilson Trail Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 6.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
232 m
Getting there

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Coordinates34.16330, -118.04031

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
Gardens
  • Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Australian Discovery Area: 1.3 mi
  • Wedding Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Madagascar Spiny Forest: 1.4 mi
  • Henry C. Soto Water Conservation Garden: 1.4 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Picnic sites: 55
  • Arcadia Wilderness Park: 1.5 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 7.2 mi
  • Red Box Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
Springs: 40
  • Doe Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Fern Springs: 10.7 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 24
  • Bailey Canyon Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 1.8 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Sturtevant Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 4.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 9.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Sierra Vista Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin PeaksNNE 32°2,365 m12.4 mi
RoundtopN 353°1,908 m13.2 mi
Mount HillyerN 6°1,881 m12.9 mi
Strawberry PeakNNW 331°1,879 m9.5 mi
San Gabriel PeakNNW 329°1,878 m6.4 mi
Triplet RocksNE 39°1,875 m12.4 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNW 327°1,819 m6.8 mi
Mount LawlorNNW 334°1,807 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1718:50
December solstice06:5516:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474649525968747570625346
Precip in7.78.35.12.11.00.20.20.00.31.31.94.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Wilson CBS, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Indian Peafowl1,200 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard689 obs
  • Red-whiskered Bulbul497 obs
  • Mallard410 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel408 obs
  • California Towhee400 obs
  • Canada Goose398 obs
  • Pond Slider359 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/486255572

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