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Vail Park

Vail Park from directly overhead

Vail Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 477 m. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Blaisdell Preserve, a park 0.7 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 25 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
477 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.12746, -117.70155
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Conifer Country: 1.0 mi
  • Bay Laurels: 1.1 mi
  • Western Junipers: 1.1 mi
  • Nutall's Scrub Oaks: 1.1 mi
  • Valley Oaks: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Intersections II: 1.2 mi
  • Pomegranate Trees: 1.4 mi
  • Scripps Graffiti Wall: 1.6 mi
  • Millard Sheets Art Center: 1.7 mi
  • Walker Wall: 1.9 mi
Attractions
  • Tongva Village: 1.2 mi
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 4.8 mi
  • Bridge to Nowhere: 11.1 mi
  • Galleano Winery: 12.2 mi
  • River Trails Park: 15.3 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves: 58
Picnic sites: 39
  • Site A: 2.1 mi
  • Site C: 2.1 mi
  • Site B: 2.1 mi
  • Site A: 2.5 mi
  • Site B: 3.1 mi
Springs: 33
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Forked Spruce Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Columbine Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Fern Springs: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Wolfskill Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 7.3 mi
  • San Antonio Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Etiwanda Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Bonita Falls: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Norco Bluffs: 15.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 15.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 15.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 15.3 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 8.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Vail Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount San AntonioNNE 16°3,068 m11.6 mi
West BaldyNNE 14°3,044 m11.4 mi
Pine MountainNNE 14°2,942 m13.3 mi
Dawson PeakNNE 17°2,917 m12.7 mi
Mount HarwoodNNE 20°2,907 m11.7 mi
Telegraph PeakNNE 32°2,713 m11.0 mi
Cucamonga PeakNE 45°2,695 m9.4 mi
Ontario PeakNNE 33°2,640 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:3019:03
June solstice05:4019:2920:06
September equinox06:4018:1618:49
December solstice06:5316:0716:46

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard738 obs
  • Monarch327 obs
  • Western Gray Squirrel325 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel308 obs
  • California Towhee289 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay259 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard256 obs
  • Western Honey Bee228 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/443668576

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