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Birch Park

Birch Park from directly overhead

Birch Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sasscer Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates33.74682, -117.87205
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Museums
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks: 51
Nature reserves: 32
Springs: 19
Beaches: 18
Picnic sites: 17
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Calit2 Patio: 7.4 mi
  • Falcon Flats Group Area: 7.5 mi
  • Squirrel Square Group Area: 7.7 mi
  • Deer Den Group Area: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Bear Claw Fall: 5.0 mi
  • Washout Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Historic Dam: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 21.2 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 21.9 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 22.5 mi
  • Coyote Bluff: 23.5 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 23.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakE 97°1,734 m19.6 mi
Modjeska PeakE 96°1,675 m18.9 mi
Trabuco PeakE 98°1,401 m23.0 mi
Los Pinos PeakESE 104°1,373 m23.7 mi
Horsethief PeakE 100°1,315 m24.1 mi
Pleasants PeakENE 77°1,211 m15.6 mi
Bald PeakE 88°1,197 m19.3 mi
Bedford PeakE 85°1,161 m17.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:03
June solstice05:4219:2920:06
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
December solstice06:5316:0916:48

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, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee71 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard60 obs
  • Arizona Mantis42 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel37 obs
  • Monarch36 obs
  • Black Phoebe32 obs
  • Rock Pigeon31 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider30 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/144688671

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