Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve
Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 576 m. Eagle Crag stands 1,538 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mesa de Burro, a peak 0.3 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mesa de Burro: 0.3 mi
- Monument Hill: 0.9 mi
- Mesa de la Punta: 1.9 mi
- Mesa de Colorado: 3.3 mi
- Chaney Hill: 3.5 mi
- Rancho Santa Rosa Historic Area: 1.8 mi
- Murrieta Historic Downtown: 2.6 mi
- Redemption Games: 3.4 mi
- Glow Room: 3.4 mi
- Rock Wall: 3.4 mi
- Calle Estancia Park: 2.1 mi
- Sykes Ranch Park: 2.3 mi
- Cole Canyon Natural Park: 2.5 mi
- Oak Bluff Park: 2.7 mi
- Calle Cipres Park: 2.7 mi
- Laurel Flag Pole Memorial: 1.7 mi
- 9/11 Rock Garden: 2.9 mi
- Honor Garden: 3.0 mi
- Memorial Flags: 3.0 mi
- Veterans / Active Troops / Fallen Heroes Memorial Cross: 4.2 mi
- Temecula Valley Museum: 6.0 mi
- Pennypickle's Workshop Museum: 6.2 mi
- Wings and Rotors Air Museum: 7.6 mi
- Little Temecula History Center: 9.2 mi
- Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society: 10.1 mi
- Iodine Spring: 5.9 mi
- Willow Spring: 7.5 mi
- Adobe Spring: 8.0 mi
- Mud Springs: 9.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.1 mi
- Prayer Garden: 5.4 mi
- Student Gardens: 5.5 mi
- School Garden: 6.6 mi
- Waterwise Garden: 7.9 mi
- Rose Hall of Fame: 7.9 mi
- R: 3.6 mi
- A: 3.6 mi
- A: 3.6 mi
- S: 3.6 mi
- Ram Head: 3.6 mi
- Sylvan Meadows Multi-Use Area: 2.2 mi
- Los Jilgueros Preserve: 11.9 mi
- Dinwiddie Preserve: 12.0 mi
- Emerson Oaks Reserve: 12.5 mi
- Gird Valley Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Employee Break Area: 5.4 mi
- Juror Patio Tables: 8.2 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Old Corral Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Group Picnic #1: 22.1 mi
- Shipwreck Shore: 20.6 mi
- Church: 21.5 mi
- Playa Las Palmeras: 22.3 mi
- Playa Las Palmeras: 22.3 mi
- T Street Beach: 22.7 mi
- Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 6.3 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 8.9 mi
- Ortega Falls: 12.4 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 13.5 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 19.2 mi
- Leon: 10.9 mi
- Willard: 11.9 mi
- Terra Cotta: 14.1 mi
- Pinacate: 16.0 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 21.7 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 20.9 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Southbound): 21.0 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Northbound): 21.0 mi
- San Onofre Bluff: 20.5 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Crag | ESE 120° | 1,538 m | 19.4 mi |
| Clark | SSW 213° | 1,527 m | 9.5 mi |
| Agua Tibia Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,454 m | 17.4 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | NW 313° | 1,401 m | 17.8 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | NW 306° | 1,373 m | 15.9 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | NW 312° | 1,315 m | 16.3 mi |
| San Mateo Peak | NW 307° | 1,095 m | 9.6 mi |
| Elsinore Peak | NW 313° | 1,078 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:26 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:08 | 16:46 |
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 | 57 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 71 | 63 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fallbrook 5 NE, 7 mi away.
- coast live oak183 obs
- chamise161 obs
- Engelmann oak155 obs
- California Centaury102 obs
- Pomona Milkvetch97 obs
- California Peony96 obs
- Western Fence Lizard95 obs
- blue dicks95 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/44807125
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