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Vernon Hemingway Memorial Park

Vernon Hemingway Memorial Park from directly overhead

Vernon Hemingway Memorial Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. Muir Peak stands 1,427 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Malloy Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 13 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
17 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.88106, -118.26294

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Peaks: 59
Picnic sites: 32
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
  • Day Camp: 7.3 mi
  • Washington Park Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Picnic Central: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 17
Waterfalls: 17
  • Schweitzer Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Washout Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 20.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 15.9 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 12.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vernon Hemingway Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Muir PeakNNE 22°1,427 m24.9 mi
West FujiNNE 22°1,121.969 m24.3 mi
Jones PeakNNE 30°1,029 m24.3 mi
Echo MountainNNE 20°968 m24.2 mi
Verdugo PeakN 358°951.6 m23.1 mi
Tongva PeakN 1°803 m21.8 mi
Temescal PeakNW 313°648 m22.6 mi
San Vicente MountainNW 320°598 m22.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3120:08
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585960626567717272686358
Precip in2.73.01.70.60.30.00.00.00.20.50.72.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hawthorne Muni AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee83 obs
  • Monarch81 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel62 obs
  • Umber Skipper62 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary61 obs
  • House Sparrow57 obs
  • Fiery Skipper57 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard56 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/248606174

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