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Prayer Garden

Prayer Garden from directly overhead

Prayer Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 391 m. Eagle Crag stands 1,538 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Picket Fences Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
St. Martha Catholic Church

How to reach it

Coordinates33.58142, -117.17785

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Picket Fences Park: 0.1 mi
  • Barratt Park: 0.5 mi
  • Eastgate Park: 0.5 mi
  • Oak Terrace Park: 0.5 mi
  • Las Brisas Trail: 0.6 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Historic sites: 43
  • Flagpole Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Memorial Flags: 2.4 mi
  • Honor Garden: 2.4 mi
  • 9/11 Rock Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Veterans / Active Troops / Fallen Heroes Memorial Cross: 2.8 mi
Springs: 40
  • Adobe Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Iodine Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Adobe Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Lion Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Pechanga Hot Springs: 12.6 mi
Museums: 35
Gardens: 24
  • School Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Student Gardens: 3.1 mi
  • Romantic Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 7.6 mi
  • California Native Garden: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 18
  • S: 1.8 mi
  • M: 1.8 mi
  • M: 1.8 mi
  • Ram Head: 1.8 mi
  • E: 1.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 5
  • Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 9.3 mi
  • Tenaja Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Ortega Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Lion Canyon Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Holly Jim Falls: 21.0 mi
Beaches: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Prayer Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle CragSE 136°1,538 m18.5 mi
ClarkSW 218°1,527 m14.8 mi
Agua Tibia MountainSE 136°1,454 m16.4 mi
Trabuco PeakWNW 296°1,401 m19.0 mi
Los Pinos PeakWNW 289°1,373 m17.9 mi
Horsethief PeakWNW 294°1,315 m17.7 mi
San Mateo PeakW 281°1,095 m11.8 mi
Elsinore PeakW 279°1,078 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4019:2620:03
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:5016:0716:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759616468747675716357
Precip in3.23.72.01.00.40.10.10.20.10.71.22.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fallbrook 5 NE, 10 mi away.

  • California Buckwheat43 obs
  • Western Honey Bee40 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard34 obs
  • black sage31 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog26 obs
  • Wishbone Bush24 obs
  • Brittlebush22 obs
  • Arizona Mantis22 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/137285486

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