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William Penn Park

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William Penn Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 123 m. Mount Markham stands 1,746 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Puente Hills Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
123 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.97485, -118.02374

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
  • Garden of the Innocent: 2.0 mi
  • Mystic Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Imperial Gardens: 2.2 mi
  • Pinewood Urn Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Fountain Urn Gardens: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Picnic sites: 57
  • Group Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 5.5 mi
  • Creekside: 5.5 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 11.6 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Washout Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 8
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 14.2 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Fern Springs: 19.5 mi
  • Doe Spring: 22.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 15.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 20.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of William Penn Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MarkhamNNW 347°1,746 m18.6 mi
Mount WilsonN 353°1,737 m17.3 mi
Occidental PeakN 349°1,736 m18.3 mi
Mount LoweNNW 345°1,699 m18.3 mi
Monrovia PeakN 11°1,649 m16.8 mi
Mount HarvardN 352°1,640 m16.6 mi
Rankin PeakN 10°1,606 m16.4 mi
Mount YaleN 352°1,451 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3020:07
September equinox06:4118:1718:50
December solstice06:5416:0916:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585961646771757775696257
Precip in2.83.01.70.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.71.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fullerton Muni AP, 8 mi away.

  • Western Fence Lizard141 obs
  • laurel sumac109 obs
  • Toyon85 obs
  • castor bean79 obs
  • Monarch77 obs
  • Arizona Mantis75 obs
  • Western Honey Bee74 obs
  • White Horehound74 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/461453295

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