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Stearns Park

Stearns Park from directly overhead

Stearns Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. San Juan Hill stands 543 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Los Altos Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 19 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
8 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.79820, -118.13763

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Los Altos Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bouton Creek Park: 0.9 mi
  • Plaza Zaferia: 1.0 mi
  • Los Altos Plaza Park: 1.1 mi
  • Whaley Park: 1.1 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • Sculpture: 0.8 mi
  • Sculpture: 0.8 mi
  • Sculpture: 0.8 mi
  • Sculpture: 0.8 mi
  • Sculpture: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Bob Lemon Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Fly DC Jets (historic sign): 2.0 mi
  • Douglas Park Globe: 2.1 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 2.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 2.4 mi
Attractions
  • Red Car Greenbelt: 1.8 mi
  • Laura Trelstad: 3.6 mi
  • Grand Prix of Long Beach Podium: 3.6 mi
  • Grand Prix of Long Beach Finish Line: 3.8 mi
  • The Queen Mary Ship: 4.3 mi
Museums
Nature reserves: 56
  • Marine Stadium Reserve: 2.1 mi
  • Jack Dunster Marine Biological Reserve: 2.7 mi
  • Gull Park: 6.0 mi
  • Dominguez Nature Preserve: 8.5 mi
  • Least Tern Site: 8.5 mi
Peaks: 44
Picnic sites: 33
  • Mother's Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • Day Camp: 13.8 mi
  • Sunset Ridge Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
Beaches: 16
Waterfalls: 6
  • Washout Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 12.5 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Historic Dam: 21.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 23.1 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 24.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 19.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Stearns Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Juan HillENE 71°543 m24.3 mi
Gilman PeakENE 67°514 m22.5 mi
Mount HollywoodNNW 338°492 m24.7 mi
Andersen BumpENE 70°482 m23.9 mi
Taco PeakNNW 338°479 m25.0 mi
San Pedro HillWSW 252°449 m12.0 mi
Puente HillsNE 52°435 m17.6 mi
Workman HillNNE 30°424 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3020:07
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5416:1016:49

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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel385 obs
  • Black Phoebe199 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk156 obs
  • Western Bluebird155 obs
  • Allen's Hummingbird153 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco148 obs
  • House Sparrow144 obs
  • Monarch140 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 way/144946716

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