Petrified Tree
Petrified Tree is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Frontierland Landing, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 25 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- September 1957
How to reach it
- 24.9 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ngendei: 0.1 mi
- Pele: 0.1 mi
- Hika Kuluua: 0.1 mi
- Tangaroa•Ru: 0.1 mi
- Tangaroa: 0.1 mi
- Lafitte’s Anchor: 0.1 mi
- Partners: 0.1 mi
- 40th Anniversary Time Castle: 0.1 mi
- Historical Mechanical Marker: Disneyland Monorial: 0.2 mi
- Tomorrowland Monorail Station: 0.2 mi
- Walt Disney's Apartment: 0.1 mi
- Stanley Ranch Museum: 2.2 mi
- Hilbert Museum of California Art: 4.0 mi
- Discovery Science Center: 4.2 mi
- Fullerton Museum Center: 4.2 mi
- Frontierland Landing: 0.0 mi
- Shooting Exposition: 0.0 mi
- Jungle Cruise: 0.0 mi
- Adventureland Treehouse: 0.0 mi
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: 0.0 mi
- Zocalo Park: 0.0 mi
- Magnolia Park: 0.1 mi
- London Park: 0.2 mi
- Centooinial Park: 0.2 mi
- Car Park: 0.3 mi
- Emerald Garden: 0.7 mi
- Memorial Gardens: 2.0 mi
- Garden Grove Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Grotto of Our Lady: 2.9 mi
- Hundred Oaks Trail Native Garden: 5.0 mi
- Cascade Peak: 0.1 mi
- Big Thunder Mountain: 0.1 mi
- Cadillac Range: 0.5 mi
- East Coyote Hills: 5.6 mi
- West Coyote Hills: 6.5 mi
- Robert E. Ward Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Cerro Villa Park: 7.5 mi
- Pelanconi Park: 7.6 mi
- Peters Canyon Regional Park: 9.3 mi
- Oak Canyon Nature Center: 9.7 mi
- Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Falcon Flats Group Area: 9.4 mi
- Squirrel Square Group Area: 9.8 mi
- Deer Den Group Area: 9.9 mi
- Coyote Corner Group Area: 10.2 mi
- Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 12.4 mi
- McDermont Spring: 12.9 mi
- Tomato Spring: 14.5 mi
- Dripping Springs: 14.8 mi
- Horsetrough Spring: 15.6 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 10.9 mi
- Huntington City Beach: 11.9 mi
- Mother's Beach: 12.0 mi
- North Star Beach: 13.0 mi
- Newport Dunes: 13.6 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 0.1 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 0.3 mi
- Washout Falls: 0.3 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 0.3 mi
- Historic Dam: 8.6 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 21.3 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 24.5 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 22.7 mi
- Three Arches: 24.7 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Petrified Tree. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | ESE 107° | 1,734 m | 23.3 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | ESE 106° | 1,675 m | 22.5 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | E 93° | 1,211 m | 18.1 mi |
| Bald Peak | E 100° | 1,197 m | 22.4 mi |
| Bedford Peak | E 99° | 1,161 m | 19.9 mi |
| Sierra Peak | E 80° | 928 m | 15.5 mi |
| Flores Peak | ESE 112° | 566 m | 18.5 mi |
| San Juan Hill | NE 56° | 543 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:30 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:09 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 58 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 62 | 57 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fullerton Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1233369108
Day trips start here
- Disneyland · 0 mi
- Anaheim · 1 mi
- Garden Grove · 3 mi
- Stanton · 4 mi
- Buena Park · 5 mi
- Fullerton · 5 mi
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