Semper Memento
Semper Memento is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Laguna Art Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Memorial artwork featuring beams from the New York World Trade Center
What the record says
- Built
- 2011
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Boat Canyon Park: 0.3 mi
- Jahraus Park: 0.4 mi
- Irvine Bowl Park: 0.6 mi
- Crescent Bay Point Park: 0.7 mi
- Palm Tree Circle: 1.0 mi
- Art A Fair (summer): 0.8 mi
- Laguna Beach "L": 1.0 mi
- Gandhi: 3.4 mi
- Marie Curie: 3.4 mi
- The Pacific Promise: 4.6 mi
- Wisdom Courage Compassion: 3.4 mi
- Dr. Michael John Mammone: 5.4 mi
- Disappearing Path: 5.7 mi
- Goldenrod Footbridge: 6.1 mi
- Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory: 6.2 mi
- Newport Landing Whale Watching: 7.5 mi
- The Balls: 7.5 mi
- Giant Wheel at Irvine Spectrum Center: 7.8 mi
- Mission San Juan Capistrano: 8.0 mi
- Irvine Lanes: 9.2 mi
- Niguel Botanical Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Sherman Library & Gardens: 6.2 mi
- Garden Center 1: 6.2 mi
- Aldrich Park Rock Garden: 7.7 mi
- Laurel L. Wilkening Rose Garden: 7.8 mi
- Temple Hill: 2.2 mi
- Aliso Peak: 3.6 mi
- Niguel Hill: 4.0 mi
- Pelican Hill: 4.3 mi
- Signal Peak: 4.4 mi
- Laguna Art Museum: 0.2 mi
- Pretend City Children's Museum: 7.4 mi
- Ocean Institute: 7.5 mi
- Blas Aguilar Adobe: 8.1 mi
- Irvine Historical Society: 8.6 mi
- Tomato Spring: 11.6 mi
- Dripping Springs: 14.6 mi
- Crow Spring: 15.7 mi
- Hot Spring: 16.1 mi
- Laurel Spring: 17.0 mi
- Arch Beach: 2.2 mi
- China Cove Beach: 6.3 mi
- Baby Beach: 7.5 mi
- Balboa Beach: 7.6 mi
- Newport Dunes: 7.7 mi
- Buck Gully Reserve: 5.1 mi
- William R. Mason Regional Park (wilderness area): 7.9 mi
- San Joaquin Marsh Reserve: 8.9 mi
- Randall Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 12.8 mi
- Calit2 Patio: 7.4 mi
- Sunset View Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Sunset Ridge Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Group Picnic #1: 13.2 mi
- Old Corral Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Dana Point Seasonal Waterfall: 7.6 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 17.3 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 19.0 mi
- Historic Dam: 19.1 mi
- Black Star Canyon Falls: 19.3 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 10.1 mi
- San Onofre Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 13.5 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- Three Arches: 4.9 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Semper Memento. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | NE 52° | 1,734 m | 18.8 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | NE 50° | 1,675 m | 18.8 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | ENE 59° | 1,401 m | 21.3 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | ENE 66° | 1,373 m | 20.3 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | ENE 63° | 1,315 m | 21.6 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | NNE 31° | 1,211 m | 20.5 mi |
| Bald Peak | NE 45° | 1,197 m | 20.8 mi |
| Bedford Peak | NE 39° | 1,161 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:28 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:17 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:10 | 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 | 56 | 56 | 59 | 61 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 66 | 60 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguna Beach, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10552712067
Day trips start here
- Laguna Beach · 2 mi
- Aliso Viejo · 4 mi
- Laguna Niguel · 5 mi
- Beach Cities · 7 mi
- Laguna Hills · 7 mi
- Dana Point · 8 mi
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