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Virginia Robinson Gardens

Virginia Robinson Gardens from directly overhead

Virginia Robinson Gardens is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 155 m. Mount Lukens stands 1,547 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is King Palm Forest, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 9.8 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1911

How to reach it

Coordinates34.08666, -118.41725

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • King Palm Forest: 0.0 mi
  • Kitchen Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Great Lawn and Dry Border: 0.0 mi
  • The Front Meadow: 0.0 mi
  • Display Rose Garden: 0.0 mi
Parks
Attractions
  • Mansion Terrace: 1.0 mi
  • Inner Courtyard: 1.0 mi
  • Cypress Walls: 1.0 mi
  • East Courtyard: 1.0 mi
  • The Playboy Mansion: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • IO: 1.3 mi
  • Hunter and Hounds: 1.3 mi
  • Endless V: 1.3 mi
  • Erratic: 1.3 mi
  • Hymn of Life: Tulips: 1.3 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Peaks
Picnic sites: 40
  • Lake Side: 5.9 mi
  • Garden Grove: 6.0 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Central: 6.2 mi
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Temescal Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 17.1 mi
  • Millard Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Royal Falls: 18.3 mi
Beaches: 17
Springs: 16
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 3.7 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 6.9 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 15.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.1 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.2 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 16.8 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 19.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 8.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Virginia Robinson Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LukensNE 39°1,546.6 m16.2 mi
Contract PointN 2°1,108 m17.6 mi
Kagel MountainN 6°1,081 m17.2 mi
Verdugo PeakNE 41°951.6 m11.8 mi
Limerock PeakNNE 12°905 m16.3 mi
Saddle PeakW 268°851 m13.6 mi
Mission PointNNW 337°832 m16.9 mi
Tongva PeakNE 50°803 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F605960626366707171686459
Precip in4.14.72.70.80.40.10.00.00.10.71.02.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — U C L A, 2 mi away.

  • Dark-eyed Junco950 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel429 obs
  • Garden Snail298 obs
  • California Towhee192 obs
  • Western Bluebird183 obs
  • Black Phoebe160 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard158 obs
  • Western Honey Bee146 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/549373738

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