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Strathern Playground

Strathern Playground from directly overhead

Strathern Playground is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 244 m. Iron Mountain stands 1,718 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Jaime Beth Slavin Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
244 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.21612, -118.40591

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jaime Beth Slavin Park: 0.1 mi
  • Strathern Park North: 0.1 mi
  • Strathern Park West: 0.4 mi
  • Bellaire Avenue Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sheldon Arleta Park: 0.8 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Workaholics -- The House: 3.7 mi
  • The Japanese Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Convento: 5.1 mi
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 5.4 mi
  • Burbank Christmas Tree: 5.4 mi
Peaks
  • La Tuna Peak: 3.9 mi
  • Briar Summit: 6.6 mi
  • Sugarloaf: 6.6 mi
  • Burbank Peak: 7.0 mi
  • Robert Katz Peak: 7.0 mi
Museums
Picnic sites: 55
  • Wishing Tree Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Mineral Wells Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Amir's Garden Picnic Site: 8.2 mi
  • 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • Captain's Roost: 8.5 mi
Springs: 28
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 6.6 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Indian Springs: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Trail Canyon Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 11.3 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 12.9 mi
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 9.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 9.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 9.9 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 14.6 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 21.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 13.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Strathern Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Iron MountainNE 48°1,717.5 m13.6 mi
Condor PeakNE 55°1,658 m13.0 mi
Mount LukensENE 69°1,546.6 m10.2 mi
Condor PointNE 54°1,538.3 m12.2 mi
Fox MountainENE 60°1,534 m13.6 mi
Mount McKinleyNE 43°1,497 m11.7 mi
Magic MountainNNE 20°1,477 m12.6 mi
Mendenhall PeakNNE 30°1,413.1 m10.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5716:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565759626670767775686155
Precip in3.03.92.40.70.30.10.00.00.10.60.72.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Glendale Pasadena AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mourning Dove55 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird47 obs
  • Margined Calligrapher47 obs
  • House Finch43 obs
  • Savannah Sparrow42 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird41 obs
  • House Sparrow41 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk35 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/358826664

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