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Grand Arbor

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Grand Arbor from directly overhead

Grand Arbor is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 251 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage House, a museum 0.3 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
California Baptist University
Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates33.93104, -117.41852
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jones Park: 0.6 mi
  • Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Don Jones Park: 0.7 mi
  • Don Derr Park: 0.8 mi
  • Chaumont Community Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • Casa Blanca: 0.9 mi
  • Tripod: 1.3 mi
  • Riverside: 2.0 mi
  • Riverside Central: 2.1 mi
  • Donut: 2.1 mi
Gardens
  • Kathleen Gonzales Memorial Water-Wise Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Dr. Peter M. Lewis Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Riverside General Hospital Historic Site: 2.2 mi
  • Victoria Ave Pocket Park Gartden: 2.5 mi
  • Lorraine Small Rose Garden: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
  • S/SGT Ysmael Villegas: 1.2 mi
  • The Children of the Inland Empire Make-a-Wish Foundation: 3.4 mi
  • Ryan Bonaminio Park At The Tequesquite Arroyo: 3.4 mi
  • De Anza Crossing: 3.4 mi
  • Ryan Bonaminio Park: 3.5 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Museums: 58
Nature reserves: 40
Springs: 34
  • Hot Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Cassina Springs: 8.0 mi
  • Hidden Springs: 8.8 mi
  • Harford Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Console Springs: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Area A: 15.1 mi
  • Area C: 15.1 mi
  • Area B: 15.1 mi
  • Site C: 17.2 mi
  • Site B: 17.2 mi
Waterfalls: 10
Cliffs: 6
  • Norco Bluffs: 7.0 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 7.5 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 7.6 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 8.2 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 8.7 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Grand Arbor. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakSSW 204°1,734 m16.6 mi
Modjeska PeakSSW 206°1,675 m16.3 mi
San SevaineNNW 348°1,594 m20.2 mi
Trabuco PeakSSW 192°1,401 m16.1 mi
Los Pinos PeakS 189°1,373 m18.6 mi
Horsethief PeakS 188°1,315 m17.0 mi
Marshall PeakNNE 19°1,221 m20.4 mi
Pleasants PeakSW 229°1,211 m14.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:02
June solstice05:4019:2820:05
September equinox06:3918:1518:48
December solstice06:5216:0716:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636873798077696155
Precip in2.32.41.20.60.20.00.10.00.10.30.61.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Riverside Muni AP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard73 obs
  • Western Honey Bee62 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel37 obs
  • Common Raccoon33 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard29 obs
  • Black Phoebe25 obs
  • Brown Widow24 obs
  • Monarch23 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/1503130406

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