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Common Grounds

Common Grounds from directly overhead

Common Grounds is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Verdugo Peak stands 952 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.97679, -118.41526

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Common Grounds: 0.0 mi
  • The Lawn: 0.1 mi
  • Bluff Creek Fields: 0.2 mi
  • The Pointe: 0.2 mi
  • Corner Greens: 0.2 mi
Artworks
  • Enagua: 0.1 mi
  • Nothing Exists: 0.1 mi
  • Walking Fingers: 0.1 mi
  • Extinción: 0.2 mi
  • BFF Companion: 0.6 mi
Attractions
  • LMU: 0.3 mi
  • Urbanscape: 0.7 mi
  • Gathering Place: 0.7 mi
  • Kiiy: 0.7 mi
  • Jeanne French's Car: 2.2 mi
Gardens
  • Emerson Ave Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Kaizuka Meditation Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Culver City Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • SPY Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Airport Avenue Demonstration Gardens: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Moe Howard: 1.4 mi
  • Al Jolson Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Isadore Friz Freleng: 1.6 mi
  • Leonard Nimoy: 1.6 mi
  • Lugo Ranch Plaque: 1.9 mi
Museums
Peaks
Picnic sites: 30
  • Blue Lagoon: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Central: 3.4 mi
  • Lake Side: 3.4 mi
  • Garden Grove: 3.5 mi
  • Washington Park Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
Beaches: 21
Waterfalls: 19
  • Temescal Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 21.4 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 21.4 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 22.5 mi
Springs: 7
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 5.3 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 13.5 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 10.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Common Grounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Verdugo PeakNNE 25°951.6 m18.2 mi
Castro PeakWNW 290°855 m22.5 mi
Saddle PeakWNW 297°851 m15.4 mi
Tongva PeakNNE 30°803 m17.7 mi
Calabasas PeakNW 305°657 m16.5 mi
Temescal PeakNW 318°648 m11.7 mi
McAuley PeakWNW 291°625 m18.8 mi
San Vicente MountainNNW 332°598 m11.9 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 °F575860626468717170676157
Precip in3.33.52.20.60.40.10.00.00.10.60.92.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Culver City, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/608005539

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