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Westwood Park

Westwood Park from directly overhead

Westwood Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 86 m. Verdugo Peak stands 952 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Touch And Experience, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 11 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
86 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.05344, -118.44653

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Westwood Gardens Park: 0.4 mi
  • The Californian on Wilshire Park: 0.6 mi
  • Weyburn Park Area: 0.7 mi
  • Irma and Norman Switzer Plaza: 0.8 mi
  • The Landmark Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
  • Oak Landscaping: 0.8 mi
  • Climate-Adapted Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Hawaiian Plants: 0.9 mi
  • Conifers: 0.9 mi
  • Ancient Forest: 0.9 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Picnic sites: 37
  • Lake Side: 5.3 mi
  • Garden Grove: 5.3 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Central: 5.5 mi
  • Common Grounds: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Temescal Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 19.1 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 19.1 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 19.8 mi
Beaches: 20
Springs: 13
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 0.9 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 7.9 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Malibu Bluffs: 14.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.2 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.6 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 21.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 10.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Westwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Verdugo PeakNE 40°951.6 m14.7 mi
Saddle PeakW 278°851 m12.1 mi
Mission PointNNW 344°832 m18.5 mi
Tongva PeakNE 47°803 m14.6 mi
Chatsworth PeakNW 322°692 m17.9 mi
Calabasas PeakWNW 289°657 m12.5 mi
Temescal PeakWNW 299°648 m7.0 mi
SugarloafNNE 11°630 m18.1 mi

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 °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, 1 mi away.

  • Dark-eyed Junco2,254 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel1,231 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard876 obs
  • California Towhee611 obs
  • Western Honey Bee574 obs
  • Garden Snail516 obs
  • Mourning Dove434 obs
  • Song Sparrow408 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/184711160

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