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Silver Lake Recreation Center

Silver Lake Recreation Center from directly overhead

Silver Lake Recreation Center is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 127 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Silverlake peak, a peak 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 2.3 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates34.09264, -118.26636

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Silverlake peak: 0.2 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 0.3 mi
  • Maltman peak: 0.8 mi
  • Ronda Vista: 0.8 mi
  • Olive Hill: 1.6 mi
Parks
  • Tommy Lasorda Field of Dreams: 0.4 mi
  • Silver Lake Meadows Park: 0.5 mi
  • Tesla Pocket Park: 0.8 mi
  • Laurel and Hardy Park: 0.8 mi
  • Bellevue Recreation Center: 1.0 mi
Gardens
  • Armstrong Native Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Micheltorena Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Manzanita Street Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Madison Avenue Park Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Marion Harlow Memorial Grove: 1.4 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 49
  • Cedar Grove: 2.1 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 2.4 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
  • Park Center: 3.0 mi
  • Griffith Park Old Zoo: 3.1 mi
Springs: 23
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 11.5 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 14.1 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 16.5 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Beaches: 13
Cliffs: 4
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 13.1 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 2.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Silver Lake Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakNNE 32°1,879 m15.6 mi
San Gabriel PeakNE 43°1,878 m14.2 mi
Mount DisappointmentNE 41°1,819 m14.1 mi
Mount LawlorNE 37°1,807 m15.4 mi
Mount DeceptionNE 39°1,767 m13.8 mi
Mount MarkhamNE 44°1,746 m13.8 mi
Mount WilsonNE 52°1,737 m14.8 mi
Occidental PeakNE 47°1,736 m14.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:08
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5616:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585961646669737574696358
Precip in3.33.62.20.70.30.10.00.00.10.60.82.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Angeles Downtown/usc, 5 mi away.

  • Red-tailed Hawk1,161 obs
  • Mallard1,005 obs
  • Great Blue Heron961 obs
  • Canada Goose843 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard758 obs
  • American Coot693 obs
  • Coyote545 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel526 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/240887684

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