- Elevation, modelled
- 82 m
- Tallest summit within 21.0 miles
- Mount Lukens1,546.6 m · 19.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 1107.9 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:09local time
- Coordinates
- 34.0067, -118.3686
Picnic Central is a picnic site in California, at a modelled 82 m. Mount Lukens stands 1,547 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Lagoon, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 7.9 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Picnic Central. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lukens | NNE 22° | 1,546.6 m | 19.6 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NE 38° | 1,363 m | 20.3 mi |
| West Fuji | NE 47° | 1,121.969 m | 20.5 mi |
| Echo Mountain | NE 45° | 968 m | 20.0 mi |
| Verdugo Peak | NNE 19° | 951.6 m | 15.3 mi |
| Wella's Peak | NE 35° | 910 m | 19.9 mi |
| Saddle Peak | WNW 287° | 851 m | 17.1 mi |
| Tongva Peak | NNE 25° | 803 m | 14.6 mi |
- 7.9 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Native Plant Garden: 0.2 mi
- Hummingbird Garden: 0.4 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Grove: 0.4 mi
- Doris' Japanese Garden: 0.5 mi
- Kaizuka Meditation Garden: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
- Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream" Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Civil War Union Camp Latham: 1.5 mi
- Lugo Ranch Plaque: 1.6 mi
- Hal Roach Studios: 1.8 mi
- A Moment in Time: 1.9 mi
Artworks
- Citizen Seeds: 0.7 mi
- Lavender Chiveevi': 0.8 mi
- Citizen Seeds: 0.9 mi
- Citizen Seeds: 1.1 mi
- Walk a mile in my shoes: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
- La Brea Green Belt: 0.7 mi
- Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve: 4.5 mi
- Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve: 4.9 mi
- LAX El Segundo Dunes Preserve: 5.9 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 6.6 mi
Parks
- Stoneview Nature Center: 0.7 mi
- Blair Hills Park: 0.8 mi
- Norman O. Houston Park: 0.8 mi
- Ingold Park: 0.9 mi
- Leiffer Mall: 1.0 mi
Peaks
- Baldwin Hills: 1.1 mi
- Maltman peak: 7.6 mi
- Olive Hill: 7.7 mi
- Silverlake peak: 8.2 mi
- Micheltorena peak: 8.2 mi
Museums
- Center for Land Use Interpretation: 2.0 mi
- Museum of Jurassic Technology: 2.0 mi
- Wende Museum of the Cold War: 2.1 mi
- Centinela Adobe: 2.7 mi
- Lowell Ryan Projects: 2.8 mi
Attractions
- Sony Pictures Studio Tour: 2.1 mi
- Jeanne French's Car: 2.6 mi
- Tembo's residence: 2.9 mi
- Randy’s Donuts: 3.1 mi
- Numb3rs house: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 33
- Blue Lagoon: 0.1 mi
- Garden Grove: 0.2 mi
- Lake Side: 0.3 mi
- Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
- Common Grounds: 3.4 mi
Waterfalls: 22
- Temescal Falls: 10.5 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 12.9 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 19.2 mi
- Millard Falls: 19.6 mi
- Ribbon Rocks Falls: 20.0 mi
Beaches: 21
- Mother's Beach: 5.4 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 7.4 mi
- Palisades Beach: 8.4 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 10.8 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 11.4 mi
Springs: 13
- Kuruvungna Springs: 5.8 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 12.9 mi
- Eagle Spring: 13.3 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 19.8 mi
- Fascination Spring: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Malibu Bluffs: 19.2 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 20.1 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 21.2 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.9 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Spa Palace: 6.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 21.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:11 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 64 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 67 | 61 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Culver City, 3 mi away.
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- Westchester · 4 mi
- Los Angeles/Wilshire · 5 mi
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