Park · California
Carrotwood Park
Carrotwood Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Alderwood Park, a park 0.2 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates33.70781, -117.76025
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Alderwood Park: 0.2 mi
- Pinewood Park: 0.3 mi
- Blue Gum Park: 0.3 mi
- Pepperwood Park: 0.4 mi
- The Groves: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
- Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Venta Spur Trail: 0.8 mi
- Portola Overlook: 3.0 mi
- Portola Overlook: 3.0 mi
- San Pantaleon or "Springs of Father Gomez": 3.1 mi
Attractions
- Old Towne Irvine: 2.3 mi
- Great Park Carousel: 2.6 mi
- Great Park Balloon: 2.6 mi
- Giant Wheel at Irvine Spectrum Center: 4.2 mi
- Bumper Boats: 4.9 mi
Artworks
- lily home: 3.3 mi
- Orc Statue: 3.5 mi
- Welcome to Orange County: 3.9 mi
- Folded Circle Three Rings: 4.0 mi
- Lorenzo A. Ramirez: 6.0 mi
Peaks
- Red Hill: 3.4 mi
- French Hill: 4.9 mi
- Chaparral Hill: 5.8 mi
- Bolero Point: 6.1 mi
- Irvine Mesa: 6.7 mi
Gardens
- One Seed Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.7 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 6.1 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 6.1 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 6.1 mi
Museums: 60
- Tustin Historical Society: 4.3 mi
- Pretend City Children's Museum: 4.7 mi
- Irvine Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art: 6.2 mi
- Lyon Air Museum: 6.9 mi
Nature reserves: 33
- Peters Canyon Regional Park: 4.2 mi
- William R. Mason Regional Park (wilderness area): 4.8 mi
- San Joaquin Marsh Reserve: 5.7 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 6.5 mi
- Cerro Villa Park: 8.2 mi
Springs: 30
- Tomato Spring: 3.1 mi
- Dripping Springs: 4.9 mi
- Mustang Spring: 7.8 mi
- Shrewsburg Spring: 9.6 mi
- Horsetrough Spring: 10.0 mi
Beaches: 23
- North Star Beach: 9.6 mi
- Newport Dunes: 10.0 mi
- China Cove Beach: 10.2 mi
- Edgewater: 10.9 mi
- Balboa Beach: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 15
- Coyote Corner Group Area: 6.0 mi
- Deer Den Group Area: 6.0 mi
- Squirrel Square Group Area: 6.1 mi
- Falcon Flats Group Area: 6.3 mi
- Calit2 Patio: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- Historic Dam: 7.7 mi
- Black Star Canyon Falls: 8.7 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 10.1 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 11.5 mi
- Washout Falls: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Coyote Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 18.8 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 19.4 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 20.0 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Rancho Temescal: 16.1 mi
- Willard: 22.2 mi
- Terra Cotta: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 20.9 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 20.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Three Arches: 15.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Carrotwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | E 89° | 1,734 m | 13.0 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | E 86° | 1,675 m | 12.5 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | E 91° | 1,401 m | 16.4 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | E 100° | 1,373 m | 16.9 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | E 95° | 1,315 m | 17.4 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | NE 55° | 1,211 m | 10.7 mi |
| Bald Peak | ENE 76° | 1,197 m | 13.3 mi |
| Bedford Peak | ENE 69° | 1,161 m | 11.2 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 Lizard95 obs
- Mallard82 obs
- Western Bluebird62 obs
- Arizona Mantis61 obs
- American Crow53 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron51 obs
- Black Phoebe50 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel49 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/166301531
Day trips start here
- Inland Cities · 2 mi
- Irvine · 2 mi
- Orange County · 3 mi
- Tustin · 3 mi
- Lake Forest · 6 mi
- Orange · 7 mi
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