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Sun Valley Park

Sun Valley Park from directly overhead

Sun Valley Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 248 m. Iron Mountain stands 1,718 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Elmer Ave Green Street, a garden 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
248 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.21850, -118.37135

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
  • Park 2: 0.9 mi
  • H.O.P.E. Garden Project: 1.8 mi
  • Fernangeles Recreation Center: 1.9 mi
  • Villa Cabrini Park: 2.0 mi
  • Strathern Park North: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • La Tuna Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Robert Katz Peak: 5.0 mi
  • Verdugo Peak: 5.2 mi
  • Burbank Peak: 6.1 mi
  • Cahuenga Peak: 6.2 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Museums
Picnic sites: 53
  • Wishing Tree Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Mineral Wells Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Amir's Garden Picnic Site: 6.9 mi
  • 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
  • Captain's Roost: 7.4 mi
Springs: 30
  • Goldenrod Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Indian Springs: 8.4 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 8.4 mi
Waterfalls: 21
Beaches: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 11.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 11.4 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 11.6 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 12.6 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 22.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 12.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Iron MountainNE 42°1,717.5 m12.1 mi
Josephine PeakENE 69°1,694 m13.3 mi
Condor PeakNE 49°1,658 m11.4 mi
Mount LukensENE 65°1,546.6 m8.3 mi
Condor PointNE 48°1,538.3 m10.6 mi
Fox MountainNE 56°1,534 m11.9 mi
Mount McKinleyNE 36°1,497 m10.3 mi
Magic MountainNNE 12°1,477 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1016:48

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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard119 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard70 obs
  • Western Honey Bee51 obs
  • Western Whiptail48 obs
  • Monarch40 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard39 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk36 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk33 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/133803778

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