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Memorial Butterfly Garden

Memorial Butterfly Garden from directly overhead

Memorial Butterfly Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset View Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates33.62396, -117.93705
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Newport Landing Whale Watching: 2.5 mi
  • Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center: 3.6 mi
  • World's largest surfboard: 4.4 mi
  • The Balls: 6.4 mi
  • Jumping Jester: 6.7 mi
Gardens
Museums: 51
Peaks: 35
Nature reserves: 26
Beaches: 23
Springs: 17
Picnic sites: 14
  • Sunset View Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
  • Sunset Ridge Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
  • Calit2 Patio: 5.7 mi
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Mother's Beach: 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Bear Claw Fall: 12.7 mi
  • Washout Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Historic Dam: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 14.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakENE 75°1,734 m23.9 mi
Modjeska PeakENE 74°1,675 m23.5 mi
Pleasants PeakENE 58°1,211 m22.4 mi
Bald PeakENE 68°1,197 m24.8 mi
Bedford PeakENE 64°1,161 m22.9 mi
Sierra PeakNE 46°928 m22.6 mi
Flores PeakENE 71°566 m19.2 mi
San Juan HillNNE 30°543 m23.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4319:2920:06
September equinox06:4118:1718:50
December solstice06:5316:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759616365686969676157
Precip in2.22.41.30.60.20.10.00.00.10.30.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport Beach Harbor, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Gull330 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron290 obs
  • Brown Pelican257 obs
  • Willet249 obs
  • Snowy Egret183 obs
  • Sanderling178 obs
  • Heermann's Gull170 obs
  • Marbled Godwit160 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/470092374

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