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Terra Cotta

Terra Cotta from directly overhead

Terra Cotta is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 411 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the west, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Alberhill Ranch Community Swim Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

ghost town in Riverside County, California

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Coordinates33.70306, -117.37472
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Alberhill Ranch Community Swim Park: 0.4 mi
  • Alberhill Ranch Park: 0.6 mi
  • Aberhill Ranch Community Park: 0.7 mi
  • Summer Lake Park: 1.3 mi
  • Machado Park: 1.3 mi
Attractions
  • RECON Ruins Airsoft Field: 2.5 mi
  • Normandy Paintball Field: 2.5 mi
  • Somalia Paintball Field: 2.5 mi
  • Firebase Airsoft Field: 2.5 mi
  • Outback Paintball Field: 2.5 mi
Peaks
  • Pete's Peak: 4.9 mi
  • Horsethief Peak: 4.9 mi
  • Sail Rock: 5.0 mi
  • Estelle Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Steele Peak: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Halloween House: 12.7 mi
  • R: 13.9 mi
  • A: 13.9 mi
  • M: 13.9 mi
  • S: 13.9 mi
Gardens
  • Prayer Garden: 14.1 mi
  • School Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Victoria Ave Pocket Park Gartden: 14.2 mi
  • Botanical Wedding Garden: 15.2 mi
  • Riverside General Hospital Historic Site: 15.5 mi
Springs: 38
Museums: 38
Nature reserves: 31
Picnic sites: 14
  • Covered Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Vista Point: 13.6 mi
  • Group Picnic #1: 13.6 mi
  • Goat Shed Point: 13.7 mi
  • Old Corral Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
Beaches: 11
Waterfalls: 8
Cliffs: 7
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.6 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.8 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 20.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Terra Cotta. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakW 273°1,734 m9.2 mi
Modjeska PeakW 277°1,675 m9.8 mi
Trabuco PeakW 270°1,401 m5.8 mi
Los Pinos PeakWSW 245°1,373 m6.2 mi
Horsethief PeakWSW 257°1,315 m4.9 mi
Pleasants PeakWNW 296°1,211 m14.8 mi
Bald PeakWNW 291°1,197 m9.9 mi
Bedford PeakWNW 291°1,161 m12.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:02
June solstice05:4019:2720:04
September equinox06:3818:1518:48
December solstice06:5116:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545559636874808177696053
Precip in3.02.81.50.50.20.10.20.10.20.50.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elsinore, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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