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Trabuco and Holy Jim cabin Owners' Improvement Association

Trabuco and Holy Jim cabin Owners' Improvement Association from directly overhead

Trabuco and Holy Jim cabin Owners' Improvement Association is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 518 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the north-northwest, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Alder Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away.

Sun Shines, Moon Glistens, The Canyon Speaks, Please Listen. Trabuco and Holy Jim cabin Owners' Improvement Association ( EST. 1946 )

The record

What the record says

Inscription
A True Friennd of the Canyons Steve Hansel May 15, 1939 - Dec 17, 2004 John Jones Whose heart was in the Hills May 12,1988 Jim Sleeper Sage of the Canyons Sep 27 2012 "The Mountain Man" Burt Jones Apr 29, 1975 Russ Makely A Freind to all Oct 13 2010
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.67604, -117.51786
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions
  • Trabuco Fliers Club: 3.0 mi
  • Tom's Mining Company: 6.8 mi
  • Shooting Gallery: 6.8 mi
  • Tractor Driving: 6.8 mi
  • Train Ride: 6.9 mi
Parks
  • Trabuco Highlands Central Park: 3.2 mi
  • Ike Arnold: 3.4 mi
  • Country Hollow Lane Park: 3.5 mi
  • Trabuco Mesa Park: 3.9 mi
  • Dove Canyon Community Park: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Botanical Wedding Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Garden Center 1: 12.9 mi
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Niguel Botanical Preserve: 14.9 mi
Artworks
  • Peace Obelisk: 9.1 mi
  • Folded Circle Three Rings: 13.3 mi
  • Bird Houses: 13.7 mi
  • The Pacific Promise: 13.7 mi
  • Orc Statue: 14.4 mi
Museums: 47
Springs: 38
Nature reserves: 38
Beaches: 21
  • Group Campsite: 17.5 mi
  • South Day Use Beach: 17.5 mi
  • North Day Use Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Poche Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Arch Beach: 17.8 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Vista Point: 5.2 mi
  • Group Picnic #1: 5.2 mi
  • Goat Shed Point: 5.9 mi
  • Old Corral Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
  • Coyote Corner Group Area: 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 13
Cliffs: 8
  • Coyote Bluff: 16.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 18.2 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 18.5 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 18.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Trabuco and Holy Jim cabin Owners' Improvement Association. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakNNW 338°1,734 m2.6 mi
Modjeska PeakNNW 333°1,675 m3.4 mi
Trabuco PeakNE 53°1,401 m3.1 mi
Los Pinos PeakESE 106°1,373 m2.8 mi
Horsethief PeakENE 78°1,315 m3.5 mi
Pleasants PeakNNW 329°1,211 m9.8 mi
Bald PeakN 349°1,197 m5.6 mi
Bedford PeakNNW 331°1,161 m7.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2919:02
June solstice05:4119:2820:04
September equinox06:3918:1518:48
December solstice06:5216:0816:46

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5209453552

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