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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 266 m. Mount Markham stands 1,746 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Puente Hills Habitat Preservation Authority

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.97129, -117.96636

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Gardens
  • Hummingbird & Butterfly Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Imperial Gardens: 3.6 mi
  • Mystic Garden: 3.7 mi
  • 5th Grade Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Garden of the Innocent: 3.8 mi
Peaks
  • Workman Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Whittier Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Puente Hills: 4.2 mi
  • West Coyote Hills: 4.7 mi
  • West Coyote Hills: 4.8 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
  • M3 Lee: 7.8 mi
  • M3 Lee: 7.8 mi
  • Pirates Dinner Adventure: 8.3 mi
  • Redwood Grove: 8.4 mi
  • Medieval Times: 8.5 mi
Picnic sites: 54
  • Hidden Valley: 2.3 mi
  • Creekside: 2.4 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 9.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Schweitzer Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Washout Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 11.6 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 12.8 mi
Springs: 11
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 10.9 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Fern Springs: 18.5 mi
  • Horsetrough Spring: 21.1 mi
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 22.3 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 22.5 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 22.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 23.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 24.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 18.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Puente Hills Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MarkhamNNW 338°1,746 m19.9 mi
Mount WilsonNNW 343°1,737 m18.3 mi
Occidental PeakNNW 340°1,736 m19.4 mi
Mount LoweNNW 336°1,699 m19.7 mi
Monrovia PeakN 359°1,649 m16.7 mi
Mount HarvardNNW 342°1,640 m17.6 mi
Rankin PeakN 358°1,606 m16.4 mi
Mount YaleNNW 341°1,451 m17.1 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/865402024

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