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Tarzana Recreation Center

Tarzana Recreation Center from directly overhead

Tarzana Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 239 m. May Peak stands 1,203 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Tarzana Community & Cultural Center, a park 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 19 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
239 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.17497, -118.55083

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tarzana Community & Cultural Center: 0.2 mi
  • Mecca Park: 0.9 mi
  • Randal D. Simmons Park: 1.2 mi
  • Los Angeles River & Aliso Creek Confluence Park: 1.3 mi
  • Haynes Street Greenway: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Los Angeles River & Aliso Creek Confluence Park: 1.2 mi
  • Arboretum and Braille Trail: 1.3 mi
  • Native Shade: 1.6 mi
  • Cactus: 1.6 mi
  • Hakea: 1.6 mi
Artworks
  • Dinosaurs: 1.4 mi
  • Dinosaurs: 1.6 mi
  • Clarence the Bull: 1.6 mi
  • Old Trapper's Lodge: 2.0 mi
  • Old Trapper's Lodge: 2.0 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
  • The Japanese Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 4.6 mi
  • Workaholics -- The House: 5.3 mi
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 5.7 mi
  • Valley Girl -- Party House: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 54
Beaches: 25
Springs: 16
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 3.1 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 8.4 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 14.1 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 15.9 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.1 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.1 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 13.2 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 21.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Tarzana Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
May PeakNNE 30°1,203 m14.1 mi
Oat MountainNNW 345°1,138 m11.1 mi
Contract PointNE 35°1,108 m14.1 mi
Kagel MountainNE 41°1,081 m14.5 mi
Limerock PeakNE 48°905 m14.8 mi
Towsley PeakN 350°875 m12.7 mi
Castro PeakWSW 245°855 m14.8 mi
Saddle PeakSW 222°851 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5716:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565760636773787976696156
Precip in3.74.62.70.80.40.10.00.00.10.60.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodland Hills Pierce College, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard213 obs
  • Mourning Dove192 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk137 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel135 obs
  • Mallard134 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel129 obs
  • Monarch118 obs
  • Western Honey Bee108 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/364767910

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