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Virginia Avenue Park

Virginia Avenue Park from directly overhead

Virginia Avenue Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 52 m. Verdugo Peak stands 952 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is 19th Street Community Farm, a garden 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
52 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.02144, -118.46762

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Artworks
  • History of Pico Neighborhood: 0.4 mi
  • Universal Music Group Globe: 0.6 mi
  • Rock Paper Scissors Building: 0.7 mi
  • Pico Santa Monica: 0.8 mi
  • Children's Mural: 1.1 mi
Attractions
  • Historic end of Route 66: 1.2 mi
  • Spirit of Santa Monica: 1.2 mi
  • Breakdance Showdown: 1.7 mi
  • Longboard Dancing Plaza: 1.8 mi
  • Original Muscle Beach: 1.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
Picnic sites: 34
  • Common Grounds: 4.3 mi
  • Lake Side: 5.6 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 5.6 mi
  • Garden Grove: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Central: 5.8 mi
Beaches: 25
Waterfalls: 20
  • Temescal Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 17.9 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 18.0 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 22.2 mi
Springs: 11
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 1.7 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 9.7 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 11.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 22.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Virginia Avenue Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Verdugo PeakNE 39°951.6 m17.2 mi
Castro PeakWNW 284°855 m18.7 mi
Saddle PeakWNW 290°851 m11.4 mi
Tongva PeakNE 44°803 m17.0 mi
Chatsworth PeakNNW 329°692 m19.1 mi
Calabasas PeakWNW 301°657 m12.3 mi
Temescal PeakNW 319°648 m7.4 mi
McAuley PeakWNW 284°625 m15.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3220:09
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759606366697069666157
Precip in3.33.32.10.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Monica Muni AP, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch488 obs
  • Western Honey Bee417 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel402 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco310 obs
  • American Crow248 obs
  • Mourning Cloak237 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel237 obs
  • Western Gull227 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/43968624

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