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San Jacinto / Lake Perris Core Reserve

San Jacinto / Lake Perris Core Reserve from directly overhead

San Jacinto / Lake Perris Core Reserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 569 m. Birch Mountain stands 2,385 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is College Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Riverside County Habitat Conservation Agency

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.87866, -117.20155
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • College Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lasselle Sports Park: 0.7 mi
  • El Potrero Park: 0.8 mi
  • Pedrorena Park: 0.9 mi
  • Bethune Park: 1.0 mi
Gardens
  • Environmental Learning Center: 0.6 mi
  • Nature Corner: 1.4 mi
  • California Sierra Foothills: 9.2 mi
  • Australia: 9.2 mi
  • Bee Garden: 9.2 mi
Peaks
  • Teri's Peak: 0.7 mi
  • Coney Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Mount Russell: 3.3 mi
  • Bobbie Benchmark: 3.6 mi
  • Pettit Hill: 3.8 mi
Attractions
  • Lake Perris Fairgrounds: 1.9 mi
  • North American F-100C Super Sabre: 3.7 mi
  • McDonnell F-101B Voodoo: 3.7 mi
  • Perris Valley Thermometer: 6.8 mi
  • Skydive Perris: 8.1 mi
Historic sites
  • War Dog Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • P-38, F-4/5 Lightning Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Medal of Honor Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • United States of America - Department of the Army: 4.0 mi
Artworks
  • Halloween House: 6.7 mi
  • Big 'C': 8.6 mi
  • 3 Piece Pile: 9.8 mi
  • Things Change: 10.0 mi
  • Riverside Gateway: 10.2 mi
Museums: 49
Springs: 34
  • Console Springs: 7.3 mi
  • Hidden Springs: 7.8 mi
  • Cassina Springs: 8.6 mi
  • Harford Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Hot Spring: 12.5 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Picnic sites: 12
Waterfalls: 9
  • Monkeyface Creek: 20.7 mi
  • Monkeyface Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Monkeyface Creek: 20.7 mi
  • Ortega Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Holly Jim Falls: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 7
  • Rock Climbing: 9.8 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 9.9 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 21.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 21.5 mi
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of San Jacinto / Lake Perris Core Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Birch MountainNE 47°2,385 m19.9 mi
Allen PeakNE 41°1,761 m18.6 mi
Pisgah PeakNE 52°1,673 m18.0 mi
Harrison MountainN 7°1,439 m19.9 mi
Morton PeakNNE 31°1,406 m18.0 mi
Trabuco PeakSW 232°1,401 m19.9 mi
Government PeakNNE 19°1,394 m20.1 mi
Cherry Valley PeakENE 57°1,323 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:3919:2720:04
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:5116:0616:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525256596571787875665751
Precip in2.02.41.50.80.30.10.10.40.20.50.71.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — March AFB, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1079139097

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