Skip to content

Soaring Dreams Plaza

Soaring Dreams Plaza from directly overhead

Soaring Dreams Plaza is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,737 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Lakeview Recreation Area, a park 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 12 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates33.94471, -118.08162

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Upper Campus Community Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Pinewood Urn Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Garden of the Innocent: 5.3 mi
  • Cerritos Sculpture Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Paegent of Roses Garden: 5.5 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 48
  • Group Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 9.2 mi
  • Creekside: 9.2 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
  • Mother's Beach: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 24
  • Schweitzer Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Washout Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 13.3 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 13.6 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 6
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 17.4 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 22.7 mi
  • Fern Springs: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 13.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Soaring Dreams Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilsonN 3°1,737 m19.3 mi
Monrovia PeakNNE 19°1,649 m19.6 mi
Mount HarvardN 3°1,640 m18.6 mi
Rankin PeakNNE 19°1,606 m19.2 mi
Mount YaleN 3°1,451 m18.0 mi
Muir PeakN 356°1,427 m18.8 mi
Clamshell PeakNNE 15°1,338 m18.4 mi
West FujiN 356°1,121.969 m18.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3020:07
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585961646771757775696257
Precip in2.83.01.70.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.71.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fullerton Muni AP, 8 mi away.

  • Mallard125 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard113 obs
  • Western Honey Bee59 obs
  • Canada Goose54 obs
  • Pond Slider49 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel49 obs
  • Muscovy Duck48 obs
  • Brown Widow43 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/584203860

More parks in California

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Soaring Dreams Plaza.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens