Vanalden Park
Vanalden Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 251 m. Magic Mountain stands 1,477 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilbur Basin Meadow (County), a park 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 251 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Los Angeles Dept of Rec and Parks
How to reach it
- 20.7 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wilbur Basin Meadow (County): 0.1 mi
- Wilbur Basin Meadow (City): 0.1 mi
- Aliso Creek Pocket Park: 0.6 mi
- Cleveland Pool Facility: 1.1 mi
- Kinesthetics: 1.4 mi
- Museum of the San Fernando Valley: 0.2 mi
- Valley Relics Museum: 3.0 mi
- West Valley Museum: 3.7 mi
- Virginia Watson Chatsworth Museum: 4.3 mi
- Los Encinos State Historic Park: 5.7 mi
- Zelzah Train Depot: 0.7 mi
- Kobe: 0.7 mi
- Windows of Time: 0.7 mi
- Windows of Time: 0.7 mi
- Epicenter (not): 1.2 mi
- Ralph Prator Fountain: 1.1 mi
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 3.2 mi
- Munch Box: 3.4 mi
- The Japanese Garden: 5.1 mi
- Convento: 5.7 mi
- Earthquake Garden: 1.2 mi
- Apollo Rocket Engine: 2.3 mi
- Old Granada Village Business Property Improvement District: 2.6 mi
- Granada Hills Rotary Veteran's Park Project: 2.6 mi
- Korea: 2.6 mi
- Botanical Garden: 1.3 mi
- Rainforest: 1.4 mi
- Los Angeles River & Aliso Creek Confluence Park: 2.9 mi
- Banksia: 3.6 mi
- Hakea: 3.6 mi
- Red Barn Hill: 3.8 mi
- Stoney Point: 4.1 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 4.5 mi
- Chalk Hill: 5.0 mi
- Mission Point: 5.5 mi
- Old Chatsworth Reservoir: 4.6 mi
- Gopher Canyon (Native Plant Restoration Area): 4.9 mi
- LA County Open Space: 4.9 mi
- Green Ranch: 5.0 mi
- Chalk Hill Nature Reserve: 5.1 mi
- Redwood Grove: 4.0 mi
- shady grass: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Wagon Tracks: 10.0 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 13.3 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 13.4 mi
- Topanga County Beach: 13.5 mi
- Big Rock Beach: 14.1 mi
- La Costa Beach: 14.5 mi
- Hialeah Springs: 5.6 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 5.8 mi
- Eagle Spring: 8.8 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 9.9 mi
- Los Pinetos Spring: 10.4 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 9.8 mi
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 10.4 mi
- Temescal Falls: 11.4 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 17.8 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 18.6 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 3.9 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 4.1 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 4.1 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 16.4 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 22.5 mi
- Mentryville: 10.8 mi
- Coba Arch: 13.8 mi
- Spa Palace: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Vanalden Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Mountain | NE 50° | 1,477 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mendenhall Peak | ENE 59° | 1,413.1 m | 15.6 mi |
| May Peak | NE 39° | 1,203 m | 10.7 mi |
| Oat Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,138 m | 7.4 mi |
| Contract Point | NE 47° | 1,108 m | 11.0 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NE 55° | 1,094 m | 14.2 mi |
| Kagel Mountain | NE 53° | 1,081 m | 11.6 mi |
| Verdugo Peak | E 94° | 951.6 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:11 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 67 | 72 | 77 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northridge CAL State, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel353 obs
- Western Honey Bee285 obs
- Gulf Fritillary239 obs
- Mallard173 obs
- Monarch132 obs
- Pond Slider124 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk120 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird118 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/486262384
Day trips start here
- Chatsworth · 3 mi
- North Valley · 4 mi
- San Fernando Valley · 5 mi
- South Valley · 6 mi
- Van Nuys · 6 mi
- Calabasas · 7 mi
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