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Sunshine Park

Sunshine Park from directly overhead

Sunshine Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 128 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,737 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Shadow Oak Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
128 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.00895, -117.90108

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Hummingbird & Butterfly Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Rose Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 4.0 mi
Artworks
  • Figure: 3.0 mi
  • Circles of a Ripple: 4.5 mi
  • Jumping Deer: 4.6 mi
  • Brea, North of Yesterday: 4.6 mi
  • Chapparel Middle School Sign: 4.9 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
  • Redwood Grove: 7.5 mi
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 9.3 mi
  • M3 Lee: 9.7 mi
  • M3 Lee: 9.7 mi
  • Pirates Dinner Adventure: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 47
  • Creekside: 2.2 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 2.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 6.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 6.9 mi
  • Site A: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 12.7 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Washout Falls: 14.0 mi
Springs: 25
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 8.2 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Fern Springs: 15.2 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.2 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.6 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 21.2 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 4
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 21.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Sunshine Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilsonNNW 328°1,737 m17.4 mi
Sunset PeakNE 40°1,723 m18.8 mi
Colver PeakNE 42°1,670 m17.2 mi
Monrovia PeakNNW 345°1,649 m14.7 mi
Sunset PointNE 43°1,646 m16.9 mi
Mount HarvardNNW 327°1,640 m16.9 mi
Rankin PeakNNW 343°1,606 m14.4 mi
Mount YaleNW 326°1,451 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3020:07
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
December solstice06:5416:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636671767875676054
Precip in2.94.12.11.00.20.10.00.00.01.00.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pomona/fairplex, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard44 obs
  • House Finch33 obs
  • Mourning Dove27 obs
  • Western Honey Bee26 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird23 obs
  • Monarch22 obs
  • San Gabriel Mountains dudleya21 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard18 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/440885220

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