Ghost town · California
La Placita
La Placita is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 259 m. Buck Point stands 1,961 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverside Sports Organization Complex, a park 0.6 miles away.
ghost town in Riverside County, California
How to reach it
Coordinates34.01920, -117.35000
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Riverside Sports Organization Complex: 0.6 mi
- Reid Park: 0.6 mi
- Veterans Freedom Park: 1.4 mi
- Hunter Hobby Park: 1.5 mi
- Community Park: 1.6 mi
Attractions
- World's Largest "Paper" Cup: 1.1 mi
- Camera Obscura: 3.0 mi
- Petrified Redwood Log: 3.7 mi
- Martha Mclean Anza Narrows: 5.9 mi
- San Bernardino de Sena Estancia: 7.9 mi
Historic sites
- Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery: 1.8 mi
- Officer Ryan Bonaminio: 2.1 mi
- Banks Drive: 2.3 mi
- World War II Water Buffalo Tank: 2.4 mi
- Monsignor Don Webber Memorial Tree: 2.4 mi
Artworks
- The Armory at Fairmount Park: 2.0 mi
- Downtown Riverside: 2.7 mi
- Riverside Citrus Labels: 2.7 mi
- Citrus Swing and Interactive Camera: 2.7 mi
- The Stadler Building: 2.8 mi
Peaks
- Pigeon Benchmark: 2.2 mi
- North Hill: 2.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Blue Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 3.2 mi
Gardens
- Rose Garden at Fairmount Park: 2.4 mi
- Native plant garden: 2.8 mi
- Japanese Garden: 3.0 mi
- Mariposa Garden: 3.1 mi
- Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District: 3.5 mi
Museums: 59
- The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum: 2.8 mi
- Mission Inn Museum: 2.8 mi
- Museum of Riverside: 2.9 mi
- California Museum of Photography: 3.0 mi
- UCR ARTS: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves: 36
- Mount Vernon Park: 3.1 mi
- Box Springs Mountain Open Space (City): 3.1 mi
- Alkali Meadow: 4.1 mi
- Jensen Ranch Historical Park: 4.3 mi
- Quail Run Open Space: 4.5 mi
Springs: 33
- Hot Spring: 1.5 mi
- Cassina Springs: 4.4 mi
- Hidden Springs: 5.3 mi
- Console Springs: 8.0 mi
- Hot Spring: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 29
- Area C: 14.6 mi
- Area A: 14.6 mi
- Area B: 14.7 mi
- Baylis Park Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Crest Park Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- Etiwanda Falls: 15.2 mi
- Middleman Falls: 16.4 mi
- Bonita Falls: 17.1 mi
- Canyon Falls: 19.8 mi
- Aztec Falls: 22.0 mi
Beaches: 10
- Perris Beach: 14.2 mi
- Moreno Beach: 14.5 mi
- Burnt Mill Beach: 18.3 mi
- Arrowhead Resort Beach: 18.4 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Village Lakefront: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Rock Climbing: 3.0 mi
- Rock Climbing: 3.2 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 11.7 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 13.2 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Politana: 5.0 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 19.1 mi
- Pinacate: 19.1 mi
- Terra Cotta: 21.9 mi
- Willard: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Wildwood Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Wildwood Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Brookside Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of La Placita. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Point | NW 321° | 1,961 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount R | NE 51° | 1,931 m | 18.5 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | NNE 24° | 1,876 m | 16.1 mi |
| Crest Summit | NNE 29° | 1,768 m | 16.7 mi |
| Bailey Peak | N 357° | 1,737.1 m | 16.3 mi |
| Red Rock Wall Point | NNE 24° | 1,687 m | 15.6 mi |
| Sugarpine Mountain | N 355° | 1,670 m | 16.7 mi |
| Playground Drive Hill | N 7° | 1,645 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:28 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:15 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 68 | 73 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 68 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Riverside Citrus EXP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Colton · 4 mi
- Jurupa Valley · 4 mi
- Loma Linda · 5 mi
- Riverside · 5 mi
- Rialto · 6 mi
- San Bernardino · 8 mi
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