Vasquez Rocks Park
Vasquez Rocks Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 723 m. Pacifico Mountain stands 2,165 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Famous Rock, a peak 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 25 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 723 m
How to reach it
- 25.1 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Famous Rock: 0.3 mi
- Vasquez Rocks: 0.3 mi
- Saddleback Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Three Sisters Rock: 2.4 mi
- Table Rock: 5.1 mi
- Cypress Park: 3.9 mi
- Stonecrest Park: 4.6 mi
- Begonias Lane Park: 5.5 mi
- Begonias Lane Park: 5.5 mi
- Canyon Country Little League: 5.9 mi
- BLM Open Space: 4.0 mi
- BLM Open Space: 4.4 mi
- BLM Open Space: 4.6 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 5.3 mi
- BLM Open Space: 6.0 mi
- Acton Community Presbyterian Church: 6.7 mi
- American Graphite Mine: 11.3 mi
- Oak of the Golden Dream: 11.5 mi
- Oak of the Golden Dream: 11.5 mi
- Oak of the Golden Dream: 11.5 mi
- Communitree: 9.2 mi
- Dos Picos: 12.8 mi
- Canyon Dreamscape: 13.0 mi
- Construction UCLA: 13.3 mi
- Maps and Maping: The Firefighter's Life Line: 14.5 mi
- Abandoned Oil Rigs: 10.3 mi
- B-52: 15.3 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 15.3 mi
- A-12: 15.4 mi
- U-2: 15.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.5 mi
- Butterfly Knoll: 11.1 mi
- Hummingbird Garden: 11.3 mi
- Central Park Gardens: 12.4 mi
- Meditation Garden: 12.6 mi
- Whisky Spring: 4.6 mi
- Fryingpan Springs: 5.5 mi
- Quail Spring: 6.0 mi
- Bear Spring: 6.1 mi
- Willow Spring: 6.2 mi
- North Fork Saddle: 7.4 mi
- Wildwood Picnic: 13.6 mi
- Wagon Tracks: 14.2 mi
- Tumbleweeds: 14.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Vasquez Rocks Natural Area and Nature Center: 0.6 mi
- Placerita Canyon Nature Center: 11.3 mi
- Pardee House: 14.1 mi
- Heritage Junction Historic Park: 14.1 mi
- William S. Hart Ranch House: 14.1 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 11.7 mi
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 12.0 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 18.0 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 18.1 mi
- Royal Falls: 18.4 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 18.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.7 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.8 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.9 mi
- Mentryville: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Vasquez Rocks Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacifico Mountain | ESE 113° | 2,165 m | 17.4 mi |
| Granite Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,998 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mount Gleason | SE 133° | 1,990 m | 10.7 mi |
| Bare Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,937 m | 19.3 mi |
| Roundtop | ESE 123° | 1,908 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mount Hillyer | ESE 118° | 1,881 m | 19.3 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | SE 141° | 1,879 m | 17.6 mi |
| Messenger Peak | SE 137° | 1,833 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 50 | 55 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palmdale, 15 mi away.
- California juniper249 obs
- chaparral yucca199 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard185 obs
- California Buckwheat144 obs
- chamise105 obs
- Western Rattlesnake89 obs
- lanceleaf liveforever83 obs
- Clubhair Mariposa Lily83 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/1479446744
Day trips start here
- Santa Clarita · 12 mi
- Santa Clarita Valley · 13 mi
- Palmdale · 14 mi
- Angeles National Forest · 15 mi
- Valencia · 16 mi
- Magic Mountain · 17 mi
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