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Tongva Park

Tongva Park from directly overhead

Tongva Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Verdugo Peak stands 952 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Breakdance Showdown, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 14 miles off.

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Coordinates34.01102, -118.49344

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
Artworks
  • Welcome to Santa Monica: 0.2 mi
  • The Crying Rock and Saint Monica: 0.2 mi
  • Chain Reaction: 0.2 mi
  • Route 66 End of the Trail: 0.2 mi
  • The Multicolor Brick Wall: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
Nature reserves
Peaks
Picnic sites: 28
  • Common Grounds: 5.1 mi
  • Lake Side: 7.0 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 7.1 mi
  • Garden Grove: 7.1 mi
  • Picnic Central: 7.2 mi
Beaches: 25
Springs: 10
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 3.1 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 10.2 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 20.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Temescal Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 16.5 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 16.6 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 13.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 21.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Tongva Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Verdugo PeakNE 41°951.6 m18.7 mi
Castro PeakWNW 287°855 m17.5 mi
Saddle PeakWNW 297°851 m10.3 mi
Tongva PeakNE 46°803 m18.6 mi
Chatsworth PeakNNW 334°692 m19.0 mi
Calabasas PeakNW 308°657 m11.5 mi
Temescal PeakNNW 331°648 m7.2 mi
McAuley PeakWNW 288°625 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3220:09
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565657586063656666636057
Precip in3.13.11.70.60.20.10.00.00.00.50.82.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Monica Pier, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Gull734 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel477 obs
  • Monarch370 obs
  • Western Honey Bee360 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel335 obs
  • Rock Pigeon280 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco267 obs
  • American Crow247 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/260400164

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