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South Park

South Park from directly overhead

South Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 19 m. Mount Harvard stands 1,640 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenleaf Parkway, a park 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
19 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.88420, -118.21432

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
Picnic sites: 34
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Day Camp: 9.9 mi
  • Mother's Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Washington Park Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Schweitzer Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Washout Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 17.7 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 19.9 mi
Beaches: 14
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 12.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 17.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of South Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HarvardNNE 21°1,640 m24.3 mi
Mount YaleNNE 21°1,451 m23.8 mi
Muir PeakNNE 16°1,427 m23.8 mi
West FujiNNE 15°1,121.969 m23.3 mi
Jones PeakNNE 24°1,029 m22.8 mi
Lookout PointNNE 24°987 m23.6 mi
Echo MountainNNE 13°968 m23.2 mi
Verdugo PeakN 351°951.6 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575860636669737473686257
Precip in2.93.01.60.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.82.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Beach Daugherty AP, 6 mi away.

  • Monarch191 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard83 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel79 obs
  • Western Honey Bee79 obs
  • House Sparrow69 obs
  • Black Phoebe58 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary51 obs
  • House Finch45 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/487081365

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