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Puente Hills Preserve

Puente Hills Preserve from directly overhead

Puente Hills Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 293 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,737 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Figure, a artwork 0.7 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Puente Hills Habitat Preservation Authority

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.95921, -117.92331

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Figure: 0.7 mi
  • Vicky: 1.5 mi
  • Jumping Deer: 1.5 mi
  • Brea, North of Yesterday: 1.5 mi
  • Family: 1.7 mi
Parks
  • Pathfinder Community Regional Park: 0.8 mi
  • Trailview Park: 0.9 mi
  • Pathfinder Park: 0.9 mi
  • Loma Norte Park: 1.1 mi
  • Estell Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Puente Hills: 1.6 mi
  • West Coyote Hills: 4.2 mi
  • East Coyote Hills: 4.8 mi
  • West Coyote Hills: 4.9 mi
  • Workman Hill: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Nike Missile LA-29 IFC Site: 1.6 mi
  • Nike Missile LA-29 Launch Battery Site: 2.1 mi
  • Don Gaspor Portola Marker: 2.3 mi
  • Brea War Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Brea Fallen Peace Officers Memorial: 3.5 mi
Gardens
  • Hummingbird & Butterfly Garden: 1.7 mi
  • 5th Grade Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Garden Of Weeden: 4.8 mi
  • Hundred Oaks Trail Native Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Community Gardens: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
  • Redwood Grove: 5.9 mi
  • Pirates Dinner Adventure: 8.4 mi
  • Medieval Times: 8.6 mi
  • Pig Pen's Mud Buggies: 8.9 mi
  • Sally Swings: 8.9 mi
Picnic sites: 50
  • Hidden Valley: 1.7 mi
  • Creekside: 1.9 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 10.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Schweitzer Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Washout Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 10.5 mi
  • Historic Dam: 13.0 mi
Springs: 13
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 8.3 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Horsetrough Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Fern Springs: 18.8 mi
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 22.1 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 24.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 20.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Puente Hills Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilsonNNW 337°1,737 m19.9 mi
Occidental PeakNNW 334°1,736 m21.1 mi
Colver PeakNE 39°1,670 m20.7 mi
Monrovia PeakN 351°1,649 m17.8 mi
Sunset PointNE 39°1,646 m20.3 mi
Mount HarvardNNW 336°1,640 m19.3 mi
Rankin PeakN 350°1,606 m17.5 mi
Mount YaleNNW 335°1,451 m18.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3020:07
September equinox06:4118:1718:50
December solstice06:5416:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585961646771757775696257
Precip in2.83.01.70.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.71.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fullerton Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/865428972

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