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El Modena Park

El Modena Park from directly overhead

El Modena Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is La Veta Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates33.77978, -117.80522

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
Nature reserves: 37
Picnic sites: 32
  • Falcon Flats Group Area: 3.0 mi
  • Squirrel Square Group Area: 3.3 mi
  • Deer Den Group Area: 3.4 mi
  • Coyote Corner Group Area: 3.6 mi
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
Springs: 23
Beaches: 17
Waterfalls: 11
  • Historic Dam: 3.4 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 6.8 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Washout Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 16.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 17.5 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 18.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.4 mi
  • Coyote Bluff: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 20.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of El Modena Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakESE 107°1,734 m16.3 mi
Modjeska PeakESE 105°1,675 m15.6 mi
Trabuco PeakESE 106°1,401 m19.7 mi
Los Pinos PeakESE 112°1,373 m20.8 mi
Horsethief PeakESE 108°1,315 m20.9 mi
Pleasants PeakE 84°1,211 m11.5 mi
Bald PeakE 96°1,197 m15.6 mi
Bedford PeakE 94°1,161 m13.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:03
June solstice05:4219:2920:06
September equinox06:4018:1718:49
December solstice06:5316:0916:47

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, 4 mi away.

  • Western Fence Lizard264 obs
  • Western Honey Bee163 obs
  • Monarch149 obs
  • Mallard124 obs
  • Flame Skimmer114 obs
  • Fountain Grass108 obs
  • Large Milkweed Bug103 obs
  • Brown Widow95 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/74269644

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