Peters Canyon Regional Park
Peters Canyon Regional Park is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 118 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Pioneer Road Park, a park 0.3 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pioneer Road Park: 0.3 mi
- Hideaway Park: 1.0 mi
- The Meadows Park: 1.1 mi
- Cedar Grove Park: 1.2 mi
- Resort at the Groves: 1.6 mi
- Lorenzo A. Ramirez: 1.8 mi
- Dolores Huerta: 1.8 mi
- César Chávez: 1.8 mi
- Santiago Canyon College Foundation: 1.9 mi
- Sally Ride: 1.9 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 1.9 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 1.9 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 1.9 mi
- Bamboo Garden: 1.9 mi
- One Seed Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Vázquez Promenade: 1.9 mi
- Ayaz Yusuf Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Hangmans Tree: 1.9 mi
- In Appreciation - Youth Grove Donations: 3.2 mi
- Venta Spur Trail: 3.6 mi
- Red Hill: 2.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Peak: 3.4 mi
- Robbers Peak: 4.2 mi
- Irvine Mesa: 6.9 mi
- Bolero Point: 7.7 mi
- Tustin Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- City of Orange Historic Fire Museum: 4.7 mi
- Hilbert Museum of California Art: 5.4 mi
- Discovery Science Center: 5.8 mi
- Ramon Peralta Adobe and Museum: 6.2 mi
- Discovery Cube: 5.8 mi
- Castle Peak and Thunder Railroad: 6.3 mi
- Old Towne Irvine: 6.4 mi
- Great Park Carousel: 6.7 mi
- Great Park Balloon: 6.7 mi
- Cerro Villa Park: 4.1 mi
- Oak Canyon Nature Center: 4.8 mi
- Pelanconi Park: 5.7 mi
- Deer Canyon Park Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Coal Canyon Ecological Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Deer Den Group Area: 2.1 mi
- Squirrel Square Group Area: 2.1 mi
- Falcon Flats Group Area: 2.2 mi
- Coyote Corner Group Area: 2.2 mi
- Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Dripping Springs: 5.5 mi
- Tomato Spring: 6.0 mi
- Mustang Spring: 7.5 mi
- Horsetrough Spring: 7.6 mi
- Shrewsburg Spring: 10.1 mi
- North Star Beach: 12.3 mi
- Newport Dunes: 12.8 mi
- China Cove Beach: 13.4 mi
- Edgewater: 13.7 mi
- Balboa Beach: 14.0 mi
- Historic Dam: 3.6 mi
- Black Star Canyon Falls: 6.7 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 9.2 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 9.2 mi
- Washout Falls: 9.2 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 15.8 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 16.4 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 17.0 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 18.2 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 15.9 mi
- Terra Cotta: 23.0 mi
- Willard: 23.5 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 24.8 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Three Arches: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Peters Canyon Regional Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | ESE 107° | 1,734 m | 13.9 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | ESE 105° | 1,675 m | 13.2 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | ESE 105° | 1,401 m | 17.4 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | ESE 113° | 1,373 m | 18.4 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | ESE 107° | 1,315 m | 18.6 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | ENE 78° | 1,211 m | 9.4 mi |
| Bald Peak | E 94° | 1,197 m | 13.3 mi |
| Bedford Peak | E 90° | 1,161 m | 10.8 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 | 19:29 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
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 | 59 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 71 | 64 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Irvine RCH, 4 mi away.
- Greater Roadrunner181 obs
- Western Fence Lizard167 obs
- California Buckwheat163 obs
- California brittlebush114 obs
- Western Honey Bee107 obs
- Lesser Goldfinch99 obs
- Coastal Goldenbush98 obs
- caterpillar scorpionweed94 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/184637294
Day trips start here
- Inland Cities · 2 mi
- Tustin · 3 mi
- Orange · 4 mi
- Anaheim Hills · 6 mi
- Irvine · 6 mi
- Orange County · 7 mi
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