Handy Park
Handy Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 81 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Grijalva Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 29 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Orange
How to reach it
- 28.5 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grijalva Park: 0.7 mi
- Villa Park Knowles: 0.8 mi
- Yorba Park: 1.0 mi
- Pitcher Park: 1.3 mi
- Killefer Park: 1.4 mi
- City of Orange Historic Fire Museum: 1.3 mi
- Hilbert Museum of California Art: 1.7 mi
- Discovery Science Center: 3.0 mi
- Tustin Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Walt Disney's Apartment: 5.1 mi
- Fountain Family Group: 1.7 mi
- Decrotive Sculpture: 3.6 mi
- Reflective Sculpture: 3.6 mi
- Dolores Huerta: 3.7 mi
- César Chávez: 3.7 mi
- Discovery Cube: 3.0 mi
- Hyperion Theater: 5.0 mi
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout: 5.0 mi
- Grand Canyon Diorama: 5.0 mi
- Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!: 5.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Peak: 3.5 mi
- Red Hill: 4.2 mi
- Robbers Peak: 4.6 mi
- Cadillac Range: 5.0 mi
- Big Thunder Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Ayaz Yusuf Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Vázquez Promenade: 3.7 mi
- Autonetics Monument: 3.8 mi
- In Appreciation - Youth Grove Donations: 4.4 mi
- Tomorrowland Monorail Station: 5.0 mi
- Bamboo Garden: 3.7 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 3.8 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 3.8 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 3.8 mi
- Memorial Gardens: 4.1 mi
- Cerro Villa Park: 2.8 mi
- Pelanconi Park: 3.8 mi
- Peters Canyon Regional Park: 4.3 mi
- Oak Canyon Nature Center: 5.0 mi
- Deer Canyon Park Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Falcon Flats Group Area: 4.2 mi
- Squirrel Square Group Area: 4.5 mi
- Deer Den Group Area: 4.7 mi
- Coyote Corner Group Area: 5.0 mi
- Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Dripping Springs: 9.8 mi
- McDermont Spring: 9.9 mi
- Tomato Spring: 10.0 mi
- Horsetrough Spring: 10.5 mi
- Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 10.6 mi
- North Star Beach: 12.7 mi
- Newport Dunes: 13.2 mi
- Huntington City Beach: 14.0 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 14.1 mi
- Edgewater: 14.1 mi
- Historic Dam: 3.6 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 5.1 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 5.2 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 5.2 mi
- Washout Falls: 5.2 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 17.1 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 17.8 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 18.4 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 19.8 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 19.7 mi
- Three Arches: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Handy Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | ESE 110° | 1,734 m | 18.1 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | ESE 109° | 1,675 m | 17.4 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | ESE 108° | 1,401 m | 21.5 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | ESE 114° | 1,373 m | 22.7 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | ESE 110° | 1,315 m | 22.8 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | E 91° | 1,211 m | 12.9 mi |
| Bald Peak | E 100° | 1,197 m | 17.2 mi |
| Bedford Peak | E 99° | 1,161 m | 14.7 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 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| 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 | 59 | 59 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 63 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa ANA Fire STN, 4 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard248 obs
- Monarch156 obs
- Western Honey Bee148 obs
- Flame Skimmer114 obs
- Mallard103 obs
- Brown Widow96 obs
- Flax-leaved Horseweed94 obs
- Large Milkweed Bug90 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/144682108
Day trips start here
- Orange · 1 mi
- Anaheim Hills · 5 mi
- Disneyland · 5 mi
- Tustin · 5 mi
- Anaheim · 6 mi
- Inland Cities · 6 mi
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