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French Park

French Park from directly overhead

French Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Downtown Santa Ana Historic District, a park 0.4 miles away. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates33.75303, -117.86437

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks: 53
Nature reserves: 32
Picnic sites: 23
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Falcon Flats Group Area: 6.9 mi
  • Squirrel Square Group Area: 7.1 mi
  • Deer Den Group Area: 7.2 mi
  • Coyote Corner Group Area: 7.4 mi
Springs: 19
Beaches: 18
Waterfalls: 9
  • Bear Claw Fall: 4.9 mi
  • Washout Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Historic Dam: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.6 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 21.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 21.9 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 23.2 mi
  • Coyote Bluff: 23.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakE 99°1,734 m19.2 mi
Modjeska PeakE 97°1,675 m18.5 mi
Trabuco PeakE 99°1,401 m22.6 mi
Los Pinos PeakESE 105°1,373 m23.4 mi
Horsethief PeakE 101°1,315 m23.8 mi
Pleasants PeakENE 78°1,211 m15.1 mi
Bald PeakE 89°1,197 m18.9 mi
Bedford PeakE 87°1,161 m16.5 mi

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.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel106 obs
  • Western Honey Bee83 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard78 obs
  • Arizona Mantis55 obs
  • Monarch41 obs
  • Black Phoebe38 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard38 obs
  • Allen's Hummingbird35 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/144689123

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