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South Park

South Park from directly overhead

South Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,263 m. Three Sisters stands 2,469 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is South Park Peak, a peak 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1263 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.07753, -116.39937
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • South Park Peak: 0.1 mi
  • Warren Peak: 1.6 mi
  • Burnt Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Panorama Peak: 2.3 mi
  • Nolina Peak: 3.2 mi
Parks
  • Machris Park: 1.4 mi
  • Essig Park: 1.6 mi
  • Joshua Drive Park: 2.2 mi
  • Community Center Park: 3.5 mi
  • Youth Sports Park: 3.7 mi
Cliffs
  • Trashcan Rock - West Face: 11.8 mi
  • Trashcan Rock - East Face: 11.9 mi
  • The Gossip Column: 12.8 mi
  • Lower Freeway Wall: 13.1 mi
  • Defender Block: 13.2 mi
Springs: 45
Attractions: 35
  • Pioneertown Mane Street: 7.7 mi
  • Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area: 11.9 mi
  • Middle Kingdom: 13.0 mi
  • Outer Mongolia Climbing Area: 13.1 mi
  • David Knopp: 13.5 mi
Nature reserves: 33
Gardens: 23
Museums: 19
Artworks: 19
  • Rhythms of Life: 7.8 mi
  • Atlatl: 7.9 mi
  • Unity through Healthcare: 18.4 mi
  • Whirlwind VI. 2006: 18.6 mi
  • kenny irwin artist: 18.7 mi
Historic sites: 17
  • Samuelson Rocks: 9.2 mi
  • Gram Parsons: 14.8 mi
  • Ruins of a house: 15.3 mi
  • Abandoned Rusty Car: 15.4 mi
  • Abandoned rusty car: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Waterfalls: 5
  • Dry Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Tahquitz Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Silverwood Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Seven Sisters Waterfall: 24.7 mi
  • West Fork Falls: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Three SistersWNW 288°2,469 m16.0 mi
Three Sisters PeaksWNW 287°2,326 m14.3 mi
Black MountainNW 315°1,871 m15.2 mi
Quail MountainESE 118°1,772 m10.3 mi
Queen MountainE 96°1,718 m17.2 mi
Inspiration PeakSE 130°1,694 m15.2 mi
Eureka PeakSE 138°1,682 m4.2 mi
Chaparrosa PeakWNW 298°1,679 m10.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2518:58
June solstice05:3519:2420:01
September equinox06:3418:1118:44
December solstice06:4816:0216:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054606775818275655446
Precip in1.41.20.80.20.10.00.50.20.10.60.30.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yucca Valley, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Joshua Tree1,092 obs
  • Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus986 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear561 obs
  • Silver Cholla525 obs
  • California juniper402 obs
  • Mojave Yucca319 obs
  • Parry's nolina288 obs
  • Muller's oak241 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 node/358841074

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