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Toyon Canyon Closed Landfill

Toyon Canyon Closed Landfill from directly overhead

Toyon Canyon Closed Landfill is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 284 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mineral Wells Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 6.2 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.14462, -118.30185

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
  • Mount Baby Bell: 0.6 mi
  • Mount Bell: 0.6 mi
  • Mount Chapel: 0.7 mi
  • Taco Peak: 0.8 mi
  • Bee Rock: 0.9 mi
Attractions
Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
Picnic sites: 45
  • Mineral Wells Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
  • Amir's Garden Picnic Site: 0.5 mi
  • 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Griffith Park Old Zoo: 1.1 mi
  • Tom LaBonge Panorama: 1.1 mi
Springs: 25
  • Goldenrod Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 11.3 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 11.4 mi
  • Indian Springs: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Beaches: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 11.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.4 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.6 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 24.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 6.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Toyon Canyon Closed Landfill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strawberry PeakNE 47°1,879 m14.1 mi
San Gabriel PeakENE 60°1,878 m13.5 mi
Mount DisappointmentENE 58°1,819 m13.3 mi
Mount DeceptionNE 56°1,767 m12.9 mi
Mount MarkhamENE 61°1,746 m13.2 mi
Occidental PeakENE 63°1,736 m13.9 mi
Mount LoweENE 62°1,699 m12.7 mi
Josephine PeakNE 41°1,694 m12.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5616:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565659626569747674686055
Precip in3.74.52.80.90.40.10.00.00.10.70.92.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Valley Pump PLT, 4 mi away.

  • Western Fence Lizard2,415 obs
  • Acorn Woodpecker1,887 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1,845 obs
  • Mallard1,126 obs
  • Great Blue Heron1,084 obs
  • Black-necked Stilt1,082 obs
  • House Finch1,078 obs
  • California Towhee995 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/130510012

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