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State Street Playground

State Street Playground from directly overhead

State Street Playground is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 107 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 1.8 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates34.05278, -118.21237

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Prospect Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ross Valencia Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Aliso Triangle: 0.6 mi
  • Mathews Park: 0.6 mi
  • LA-USC Health Sciences Plaza: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Morin Memorial Square: 1.4 mi
  • Mexican American All Wars Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Wall of Honor: 1.5 mi
  • Los Angeles Plaza: 1.5 mi
  • Go For Broke Monument: 1.5 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Flag Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Flag Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Solano Canyon Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Blue Ribbon Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Fredric Roberts Garden: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Flat Point Park: 2.3 mi
  • Ernest E. Debs: 3.5 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 4.3 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 4.5 mi
  • Maltman peak: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites: 46
  • Sycamore Glen: 5.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 6.1 mi
  • Joe Klass Water Stop: 6.4 mi
  • Crystal Springs Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
  • Park Center: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 25
Springs: 19
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 14.1 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 18.0 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 18.3 mi
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 3.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of State Street Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakNNE 18°1,879 m16.8 mi
San Gabriel PeakNNE 26°1,878 m14.7 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE 25°1,819 m14.7 mi
Mount LawlorNNE 22°1,807 m16.3 mi
Mount DeceptionNNE 22°1,767 m14.7 mi
Mount MarkhamNNE 27°1,746 m14.3 mi
Mount WilsonNE 36°1,737 m14.6 mi
Occidental PeakNNE 30°1,736 m14.6 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 solstice06:5516:1016:48

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.

  • House Sparrow297 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard212 obs
  • Rock Pigeon211 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk211 obs
  • Mallard184 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel169 obs
  • Western Honey Bee150 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird135 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/172589832

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