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Heaps Peak Arboretum

Heaps Peak Arboretum from directly overhead

Heaps Peak Arboretum is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,826 m. Butler Peak stands 2,571 m to the east, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Tables, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Rim of the World Interpretive Association

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.23405, -117.16049
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Sorenson: 0.3 mi
  • Heaps Peak: 1.1 mi
  • Crest Summit: 2.8 mi
  • Strawberry Peak: 4.2 mi
  • Red Rock Wall Point: 4.6 mi
Parks
  • Center Stage Field: 2.1 mi
  • Village Playground: 2.1 mi
  • Jerimiah McKay Memorial Statue Field: 2.1 mi
  • Lolipop Park: 2.1 mi
  • MacKay Park: 2.1 mi
Springs
  • Dishpan Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Muddy Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Chipmunk Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Hot Spring: 6.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Arrowhead (Landmark): 6.3 mi
  • Original McDonald's Restaurant: 10.7 mi
  • Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Memorial: 11.7 mi
  • Route 66 Rendezvous Cruisin' Hall of Fame: 11.7 mi
  • Conference Tree: 14.2 mi
Artworks
  • Nutcracker: 9.9 mi
  • COE Iron Sculpture: 9.9 mi
  • Jack Brown Sculpture: 9.9 mi
  • CSUSB Wild Song Coyote Statue: 10.0 mi
  • Donald Davis Sculpture: 11.5 mi
Gardens: 44
  • Rose Garden: 11.9 mi
  • LaFourcade Community Garden: 11.9 mi
  • Brother Boniface Memorial Garden: 13.0 mi
  • Saint Francis Garden: 13.0 mi
  • Fire Prevention Garden: 13.1 mi
Museums: 34
Attractions: 24
Nature reserves: 24
Picnic sites: 22
Waterfalls: 10
  • Aztec Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Hesperia Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Middleman Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Monkeyface Creek: 15.0 mi
  • Monkeyface Falls: 15.0 mi
Beaches: 9
Cliffs: 4
  • shooting gallery: 5.6 mi
  • Keller Cliffs: 7.9 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 18.7 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 18.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Heaps Peak Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Butler PeakE 80°2,571 m8.9 mi
Delamar MountainENE 72°2,559.7 m12.9 mi
Crafts PeakE 81°2,546 m7.6 mi
Bertha PeakENE 77°2,499 m15.3 mi
Grays PeakE 80°2,414 m11.0 mi
Lookout PointE 101°2,413 m10.7 mi
Keller PeakESE 113°2,391 m6.9 mi
Slide PeakESE 106°2,391 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:3819:2720:04
September equinox06:3718:1418:47
December solstice06:5216:0516:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373742485463696963534336
Precip in8.49.95.22.81.10.30.10.10.32.12.45.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Arrowhead, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/3810777016

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