Friendship Statue
Friendship Statue is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Nakayoshi - Good Friends, a artwork 0.5 miles away. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2014-10
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Nakayoshi - Good Friends: 0.5 mi
- Kobe Bryant Mural: 0.5 mi
- Bunnyhenge: 0.6 mi
- Ronald Reagan: 0.7 mi
- Sphere 112: 0.7 mi
- Old School Park: 0.5 mi
- Begonia Park: 0.6 mi
- Back Bay View Park: 0.7 mi
- Bayside Dr Park: 0.8 mi
- Jetty View Park: 0.9 mi
- Sherman Library & Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Memorial Butterfly Garden: 3.4 mi
- Aldrich Park Rock Garden: 3.5 mi
- Laurel L. Wilkening Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
- College Park Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory: 0.7 mi
- Goldenrod Footbridge: 0.8 mi
- Disappearing Path: 1.2 mi
- Old Landing: 1.6 mi
- Marine 1/1 Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Newport Landing Whale Watching: 1.1 mi
- Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center: 3.1 mi
- The Balls: 4.1 mi
- Flame Thrower: 5.2 mi
- Sidewinder: 5.2 mi
- Costa Mesa Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- Heros Hall Museum: 4.2 mi
- Lyon Air Museum: 4.6 mi
- Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art: 4.6 mi
- Irvine Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- Pelican Hill: 2.7 mi
- Signal Peak: 4.1 mi
- Chaparral Hill: 4.3 mi
- French Hill: 5.1 mi
- Temple Hill: 8.3 mi
- China Cove Beach: 0.7 mi
- Newport Dunes: 0.9 mi
- Edgewater: 1.3 mi
- North Star Beach: 1.4 mi
- Balboa Beach: 1.4 mi
- Tomato Spring: 11.7 mi
- Dripping Springs: 14.5 mi
- Mustang Spring: 17.3 mi
- Shrewsburg Spring: 18.6 mi
- Laurel Spring: 18.8 mi
- Buck Gully Reserve: 2.2 mi
- Randall Preserve: 4.1 mi
- San Joaquin Marsh Reserve: 4.5 mi
- William R. Mason Regional Park (wilderness area): 5.0 mi
- Peters Canyon Regional Park: 12.9 mi
- Sunset View Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Calit2 Patio: 3.4 mi
- Sunset Ridge Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Falcon Flats Group Area: 15.0 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 13.9 mi
- Washout Falls: 14.0 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 14.0 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 14.2 mi
- Dana Point Seasonal Waterfall: 14.4 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 20.2 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- Three Arches: 11.7 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Friendship Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | ENE 70° | 1,734 m | 21.2 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | ENE 68° | 1,675 m | 20.9 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | ENE 74° | 1,401 m | 24.3 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | E 80° | 1,373 m | 23.9 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | NE 50° | 1,211 m | 20.5 mi |
| Bald Peak | ENE 63° | 1,197 m | 22.4 mi |
| Bedford Peak | ENE 58° | 1,161 m | 20.6 mi |
| Sugarloaf | E 86° | 1,015 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:29 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:10 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 65 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 57 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport Beach Harbor, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13006782789
Day trips start here
- Newport Beach · 1 mi
- Costa Mesa · 4 mi
- Irvine · 7 mi
- Orange County · 7 mi
- Fountain Valley · 8 mi
- Laguna Beach · 8 mi
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