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Dinwiddie Preserve

Dinwiddie Preserve from directly overhead

Dinwiddie Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 176 m. Morgan Hill stands 1,718 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Palomares House and Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
176 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Fallbrook Land Conservancy

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.35586, -117.23198
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Palomares House and Park: 0.1 mi
  • Palomares Park: 0.1 mi
  • Peppertree Park: 0.6 mi
  • Ingold Sports Park: 1.0 mi
  • Fallbrook Tennis Club: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Gardens: 48
  • Grand Tradition: 1.1 mi
  • Alta Vista Gardens: 10.1 mi
  • Student Gardens: 10.4 mi
  • GOHS GarDEN: 10.6 mi
  • Chaparral ROP 2008-9: 10.7 mi
Museums: 35
  • Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society: 2.2 mi
  • Gas Engine Row: 8.8 mi
  • Museum Office and Giftshop: 8.8 mi
  • Q - Short Track Railroad: 8.8 mi
  • B - California Barn (Wagon Exhibit): 8.8 mi
Artworks: 34
Historic sites: 34
  • Murray Mission Monument: 8.8 mi
  • Unborn Child Memorial: 10.7 mi
  • Eldon Rotz Memorial: 10.7 mi
  • Sara M. Margiotta Memorial: 10.8 mi
  • They Passed This Way: 10.8 mi
Springs: 26
Nature reserves: 14
Beaches: 14
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 7
  • Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 6.6 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Tenaja Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Ortega Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Lion Canyon Falls: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Dinwiddie Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morgan HillE 87°1,718 m17.9 mi
Eagle CragE 82°1,538 m16.1 mi
ClarkWNW 304°1,527 m7.3 mi
Lone Fir PointE 93°1,463 m17.8 mi
Agua Tibia MountainENE 75°1,454 m14.9 mi
Wild Horse PeakENE 69°993 m16.9 mi
Margarita PeakNW 304°956 m11.0 mi
Miller MountainNW 318°885 m13.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4119:2620:02
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:5016:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759616468747675716357
Precip in3.23.72.01.00.40.10.10.20.10.71.22.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fallbrook 5 NE, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard85 obs
  • Arizona Mantis42 obs
  • Yerba Mansa41 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk39 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk38 obs
  • House Finch37 obs
  • Bermuda buttercup36 obs
  • California brittlebush36 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/44500703

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