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Veterans Memorial Park

Veterans Memorial Park from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Flint Peak stands 576 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fellowship Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 18 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
7 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.81011, -118.19182

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fellowship Park: 0.5 mi
  • Wrigley Greenbelt: 0.8 mi
  • Willow Springs Park: 0.9 mi
  • Daryle Black Park: 1.1 mi
  • Reservoir Park: 1.1 mi
Attractions
  • Laura Trelstad: 1.3 mi
  • Grand Prix of Long Beach Podium: 3.2 mi
  • Grand Prix of Long Beach Finish Line: 3.3 mi
  • The Queen Mary Ship: 4.0 mi
  • Red Car Greenbelt: 4.1 mi
Gardens
  • drought tolerant demo garden: 1.4 mi
  • Horticulture: 1.7 mi
  • Chestnut Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 2.5 mi
  • National Guard Armory Drought Tolerant Garden: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 1.5 mi
  • Douglas Park Globe: 2.9 mi
  • Douglas statue: 3.2 mi
  • Fly DC Jets (historic sign): 3.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.2 mi
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Marine Stadium Reserve: 4.7 mi
  • Gull Park: 4.8 mi
  • Jack Dunster Marine Biological Reserve: 5.3 mi
  • Dominguez Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
  • Least Tern Site: 7.2 mi
Peaks: 45
Picnic sites: 31
  • Mother's Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
  • Day Camp: 10.6 mi
  • Washington Park Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
Beaches: 17
Waterfalls: 6
  • Washout Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 15.6 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 24.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 17.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 22.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flint PeakN 359°576 m24.4 mi
Cahuenga PeakNNW 341°553 m23.9 mi
Mount LeeNNW 342°521 m23.6 mi
Burbank PeakNNW 340°515 m23.9 mi
Mount HollywoodNNW 344°492 m22.9 mi
Mount ChapelNNW 344°492 m23.5 mi
Mount BellNNW 344°482 m23.3 mi
Taco PeakNNW 344°479 m23.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3120:07
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575860636669737473686257
Precip in2.93.01.60.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.82.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Beach Daugherty AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard286 obs
  • Black-necked Stilt276 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk169 obs
  • American Avocet164 obs
  • Great Blue Heron161 obs
  • Osprey155 obs
  • Mallard139 obs
  • Caspian Tern139 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/53150506

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