Blue Gum Park
Blue Gum Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Sycamore Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sycamore Park: 0.3 mi
- Pinewood Park: 0.3 mi
- Carrotwood Park: 0.3 mi
- Pepperwood Park: 0.3 mi
- Alderwood Park: 0.5 mi
- Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Venta Spur Trail: 1.0 mi
- Portola Overlook: 3.0 mi
- Portola Overlook: 3.0 mi
- San Pantaleon or "Springs of Father Gomez": 3.1 mi
- Old Towne Irvine: 1.9 mi
- Great Park Carousel: 2.4 mi
- Great Park Balloon: 2.4 mi
- Giant Wheel at Irvine Spectrum Center: 3.9 mi
- Bumper Boats: 4.7 mi
- lily home: 3.0 mi
- Orc Statue: 3.1 mi
- Folded Circle Three Rings: 3.7 mi
- Welcome to Orange County: 3.8 mi
- The Vi Smith Concourse Gallery: 5.9 mi
- Red Hill: 3.6 mi
- French Hill: 4.6 mi
- Chaparral Hill: 5.5 mi
- Bolero Point: 6.2 mi
- Irvine Mesa: 6.9 mi
- Pretend City Children's Museum: 4.4 mi
- Tustin Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Irvine Historical Society: 4.9 mi
- Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art: 6.0 mi
- Lyon Air Museum: 6.7 mi
- One Seed Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.5 mi
- Laurel L. Wilkening Rose Garden: 5.9 mi
- Aldrich Park Rock Garden: 6.1 mi
- Garden Center 1: 6.2 mi
- Peters Canyon Regional Park: 4.5 mi
- William R. Mason Regional Park (wilderness area): 4.5 mi
- San Joaquin Marsh Reserve: 5.5 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 6.5 mi
- Buck Gully Reserve: 8.4 mi
- Tomato Spring: 3.1 mi
- Dripping Springs: 5.1 mi
- Mustang Spring: 8.0 mi
- Shrewsburg Spring: 9.7 mi
- Horsetrough Spring: 10.2 mi
- North Star Beach: 9.4 mi
- Newport Dunes: 9.7 mi
- China Cove Beach: 9.9 mi
- Edgewater: 10.6 mi
- Balboa Beach: 10.8 mi
- Calit2 Patio: 6.2 mi
- Coyote Corner Group Area: 6.3 mi
- Deer Den Group Area: 6.4 mi
- Squirrel Square Group Area: 6.4 mi
- Falcon Flats Group Area: 6.6 mi
- Historic Dam: 8.0 mi
- Black Star Canyon Falls: 8.9 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 10.2 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 11.6 mi
- Washout Falls: 11.6 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 19.1 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 19.7 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 20.3 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 21.4 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 16.3 mi
- Willard: 22.2 mi
- Terra Cotta: 22.2 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 20.6 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Three Arches: 14.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Gum Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | E 88° | 1,734 m | 13.1 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | E 85° | 1,675 m | 12.5 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | E 90° | 1,401 m | 16.5 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | E 99° | 1,373 m | 16.9 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | E 94° | 1,315 m | 17.5 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | NE 54° | 1,211 m | 11.0 mi |
| Bald Peak | ENE 74° | 1,197 m | 13.5 mi |
| Bedford Peak | ENE 67° | 1,161 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:29 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
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 | 56 | 57 | 60 | 62 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tustin Irvine RCH, under a mile away.
- Western Fence Lizard96 obs
- Mallard82 obs
- Western Bluebird65 obs
- Arizona Mantis58 obs
- Black Phoebe52 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel52 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron50 obs
- American Crow50 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/42232295
Day trips start here
- Inland Cities · 2 mi
- Irvine · 2 mi
- Orange County · 3 mi
- Tustin · 3 mi
- Lake Forest · 6 mi
- Santa Ana · 7 mi
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