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Hidden Valley Wildlife Area

Hidden Valley Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Hidden Valley Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 194 m. Cucamonga Peak stands 2,695 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidden Valley Nature Center, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.96686, -117.50690
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Nature's Pathway: 0.6 mi
  • La Sierra farm - lower: 3.7 mi
  • La Sierra farm -upper: 3.7 mi
  • Garden of Gratitude: 3.8 mi
  • Hamilton Terrace: 3.8 mi
Parks
  • 58th Street Park Site: 1.2 mi
  • Felspar Neighborhood Arena: 1.7 mi
  • Laramore Park and Arena: 1.7 mi
  • Horseshoe Lake Park: 1.8 mi
  • Riverbend Park: 1.8 mi
Attractions
  • River Trails: 1.6 mi
  • Stone Fort: 1.6 mi
  • River Trails Park: 2.5 mi
  • Galleano Winery: 3.6 mi
  • Martha Mclean Anza Narrows: 4.4 mi
Peaks
  • Twin Buttes: 1.9 mi
  • Forget-Me-Not Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Two-bit: 3.7 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Lionshead (Reservoir) Hill: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Healing Grove Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Holy Innocents of Present Day Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Galleano Winery: 3.7 mi
  • The Children of the Inland Empire Make-a-Wish Foundation: 3.8 mi
  • De Anza Crossing: 3.8 mi
Artworks
Museums
  • World Museum of Natural History: 3.7 mi
  • Sherman Indian Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Heritage House: 5.3 mi
  • Jensen Alvarado Historic Ranch and Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Southern California Medical Museum: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves: 42
Springs: 33
  • Hot Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Cassina Springs: 12.4 mi
  • Horsetrough Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Hidden Springs: 13.3 mi
  • Harford Spring: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 33
  • Site C: 12.0 mi
  • Site B: 12.0 mi
  • Site A: 12.0 mi
  • Site A: 13.2 mi
  • Site B: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 12
Cliffs: 6
  • Norco Bluffs: 2.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 3.5 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 4.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 4.7 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 11.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Hidden Valley Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cucamonga PeakNNW 346°2,695 m18.2 mi
Etiwanda PeakNNW 348°2,640 m18.4 mi
Turtle's BeakNNW 334°2,090 m18.2 mi
Greater Calamity PeakNNW 343°2,068 m17.2 mi
Buck PointN 353°1,961 m17.3 mi
Calamity PeakNNW 343°1,768 m16.6 mi
Santiago PeakS 185°1,734 m17.8 mi
Modjeska PeakS 187°1,675 m17.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2919:02
June solstice05:4019:2820:05
September equinox06:3918:1518:48
December solstice06:5216:0716:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636873798077696155
Precip in2.32.41.20.60.20.00.10.00.10.30.61.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Riverside Muni AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/2041503543

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