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Irvine Regional Park

Irvine Regional Park from directly overhead

Irvine Regional Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 178 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Falcon Flats Group Area, a picnic site 0.2 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
178 m

What to expect

Operated by
Orange County Parks

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates33.79949, -117.75535

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Historic sites
Parks
  • Santiago Hills Park: 0.9 mi
  • Broadmoor Park: 1.0 mi
  • Fred Barrera Park: 2.1 mi
  • Pioneer Road Park: 2.3 mi
  • El Modena Open Space: 2.3 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Castle Peak and Thunder Railroad: 4.1 mi
  • Discovery Cube: 6.8 mi
  • Old Towne Irvine: 8.6 mi
  • Great Park Carousel: 8.7 mi
  • Great Park Balloon: 8.8 mi
Nature reserves: 46
Picnic sites: 32
  • Falcon Flats Group Area: 0.2 mi
  • Squirrel Square Group Area: 0.3 mi
  • Deer Den Group Area: 0.5 mi
  • Coyote Corner Group Area: 0.7 mi
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
Springs: 27
Beaches: 16
Waterfalls: 11
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 13.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 14.4 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 15.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 16.3 mi
  • Coyote Bluff: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 21.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Irvine Regional Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakESE 116°1,734 m14.1 mi
Modjeska PeakESE 114°1,675 m13.3 mi
Trabuco PeakESE 113°1,401 m17.4 mi
Los Pinos PeakESE 120°1,373 m18.8 mi
Horsethief PeakESE 114°1,315 m18.7 mi
Pleasants PeakE 91°1,211 m8.5 mi
Bald PeakESE 103°1,197 m13.0 mi
Bedford PeakESE 102°1,161 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:03
June solstice05:4219:2920:06
September equinox06:4018:1618:49
December solstice06:5316:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F595961646771757675716458
Precip in2.73.51.70.90.30.00.10.00.10.60.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Irvine RCH, 6 mi away.

  • coast live oak648 obs
  • Acorn Woodpecker568 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk432 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel411 obs
  • Indian Peafowl383 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard329 obs
  • Mallard290 obs
  • laurel sumac284 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/172072023

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