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Adams Park

Adams Park from directly overhead

Adams Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Carl Thornton Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Santa Ana

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.71663, -117.89710
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Carl Thornton Park: 0.5 mi
  • Centennial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Armstrong Ranch Community Park: 1.0 mi
  • Segerstrom Triangle: 1.1 mi
  • Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Bowling Green Park: 2.2 mi
  • Dr. Jack B. Holland: 3.2 mi
  • Sunny Adrienne Sudweeks: 3.4 mi
  • Table Of Dignity: 3.5 mi
  • Agricultural Workers Memorial: 3.5 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Discovery Cube: 4.1 mi
  • Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center: 4.4 mi
  • Go Karts: 4.7 mi
  • Jumping Jester: 4.7 mi
  • King’s Carousel: 4.7 mi
Peaks: 46
  • Cadillac Range: 6.2 mi
  • Red Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Cascade Peak: 6.8 mi
  • Big Thunder Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • French Hill: 6.8 mi
Nature reserves: 33
Beaches: 20
Springs: 17
Picnic sites: 16
  • Calit2 Patio: 6.0 mi
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Sunset Ridge Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Sunset View Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Falcon Flats Group Area: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Bear Claw Fall: 6.4 mi
  • Washout Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Historic Dam: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Coyote Bluff: 22.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 23.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 24.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 24.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 18.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Adams Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakE 91°1,734 m20.9 mi
Modjeska PeakE 89°1,675 m20.3 mi
Trabuco PeakE 92°1,401 m24.3 mi
Los Pinos PeakE 98°1,373 m24.7 mi
Pleasants PeakENE 72°1,211 m17.6 mi
Bald PeakE 83°1,197 m20.9 mi
Bedford PeakE 79°1,161 m18.7 mi
SugarloafESE 104°1,015 m24.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:2920:06
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
December solstice06:5316:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F595962646670747574696358
Precip in2.93.21.70.80.30.10.00.00.10.50.82.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa ANA Fire STN, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard104 obs
  • Egyptian Goose76 obs
  • Canada Goose50 obs
  • Western Honey Bee36 obs
  • Pond Slider33 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard31 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull30 obs
  • Muscovy Duck30 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/144686934

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