El Portal
El Portal is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is North Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Max Berg Plaza Park: 0.3 mi
- Linda Lane Park: 0.4 mi
- Pico Park: 0.5 mi
- Bonita Canyon Park: 0.6 mi
- Parque Del Mar: 0.7 mi
- Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Park Semper Fi: 0.6 mi
- Reikers Point: 3.5 mi
- San Juan Capistrano Veterans Memorial: 5.4 mi
- The Great Stone Church: 5.6 mi
- Made In OC: 5.2 mi
- Bird Houses: 5.6 mi
- Gandhi: 10.8 mi
- Marie Curie: 10.8 mi
- Laguna Beach "L": 11.7 mi
- Pocket Mouse Hill: 2.6 mi
- Niguel Hill: 8.5 mi
- Aliso Peak: 8.8 mi
- San Onofre Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Horno Hill: 9.3 mi
- Mission San Juan Capistrano: 5.6 mi
- Giant Wheel at Irvine Spectrum Center: 16.7 mi
- Trabuco Fliers Club: 16.9 mi
- Great Park Balloon: 18.2 mi
- Great Park Carousel: 18.2 mi
- White Oak Springs: 9.6 mi
- Dobe Spring: 11.0 mi
- Los Chinos Spring: 11.7 mi
- Carrillo Spring: 12.1 mi
- Case Spring: 12.2 mi
- North Beach: 0.3 mi
- The Pier Beach: 0.6 mi
- T Street Beach: 1.0 mi
- Poche Beach: 2.0 mi
- Playa Las Palmeras: 2.7 mi
- Surfing Heritage and Culture Center: 2.6 mi
- Ocean Institute: 5.1 mi
- Blas Aguilar Adobe: 5.5 mi
- Laguna Art Museum: 12.2 mi
- Pretend City Children's Museum: 16.2 mi
- Trestles Wetlands Natural Preserve: 3.5 mi
- San Onofre State Beach: 3.7 mi
- Buck Gully Reserve: 17.4 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 17.9 mi
- William R. Mason Regional Park (wilderness area): 19.2 mi
- Niguel Botanical Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 10.2 mi
- Garden Center 1: 14.4 mi
- Sherman Library & Gardens: 18.6 mi
- Aldrich Park Rock Garden: 19.5 mi
- Dana Point Seasonal Waterfall: 4.9 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 16.0 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 16.7 mi
- Ortega Falls: 18.0 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 19.6 mi
- Old Corral Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Calit2 Patio: 19.3 mi
- Goat Shed Point: 19.6 mi
- Sunset View Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Sunset Ridge Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 2.2 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 2.2 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Southbound): 15.1 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Northbound): 15.6 mi
- Willard: 21.6 mi
- Terra Cotta: 24.0 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 24.9 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 2.8 mi
- San Onofre Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Three Arches: 7.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of El Portal. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | NNE 15° | 1,734 m | 20.3 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | NNE 13° | 1,675 m | 20.8 mi |
| Clark | E 93° | 1,527 m | 16.8 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | NNE 25° | 1,401 m | 21.0 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | NNE 29° | 1,373 m | 18.8 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | NNE 29° | 1,315 m | 20.5 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNE 13° | 1,197 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bedford Peak | N 7° | 1,161 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:28 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
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 | 56 | 56 | 59 | 61 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 66 | 60 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguna Beach, 12 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station San Clemente, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/439912810
Day trips start here
- San Clemente · 1 mi
- Dana Point · 5 mi
- San Juan Capistrano · 5 mi
- Laguna Niguel · 8 mi
- Aliso Viejo · 11 mi
- Laguna Beach · 11 mi
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