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Butterfly Garden

Butterfly Garden from directly overhead

Butterfly Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mason Regional Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates33.65516, -117.83699
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Form No. 2: 0.5 mi
  • The Vi Smith Concourse Gallery: 2.3 mi
  • Sea King: 2.8 mi
  • lily home: 2.9 mi
  • Welcome Home: 2.9 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • The Balls: 0.7 mi
  • Flame Thrower: 1.2 mi
  • Irvine Lanes: 1.2 mi
  • Laser Tag: 1.2 mi
  • Sidewinder: 1.2 mi
Museums: 51
Peaks: 45
Nature reserves: 28
Springs: 27
Beaches: 24
Picnic sites: 15
  • Calit2 Patio: 0.9 mi
  • Sunset View Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • Sunset Ridge Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
  • Deer Den Group Area: 10.9 mi
  • Squirrel Square Group Area: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Bear Claw Fall: 11.5 mi
  • Washout Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Historic Dam: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Coyote Bluff: 17.2 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 24.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 12.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Butterfly Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakENE 78°1,734 m17.8 mi
Modjeska PeakENE 75°1,675 m17.4 mi
Trabuco PeakE 81°1,401 m21.1 mi
Los Pinos PeakE 88°1,373 m21.0 mi
Horsethief PeakE 84°1,315 m21.9 mi
Pleasants PeakNE 54°1,211 m16.4 mi
Bald PeakENE 68°1,197 m18.7 mi
Bedford PeakENE 63°1,161 m16.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:03
June solstice05:4219:2920:06
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
December solstice06:5316:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585860636568737473686357
Precip in2.62.61.60.50.30.00.00.00.10.50.82.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa ANA John Wayne AP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard1,252 obs
  • Tree Swallow1,015 obs
  • Cinnamon Teal1,000 obs
  • Song Sparrow948 obs
  • Snowy Egret942 obs
  • Great Blue Heron932 obs
  • Western Honey Bee929 obs
  • American Avocet926 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1068359878

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