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Murphy Ranch Park

Murphy Ranch Park from directly overhead

Murphy Ranch Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 135 m. Mount Markham stands 1,746 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Tall Grass, a artwork 1.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
135 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Whittier
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.95776, -117.98458

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • 5th Grade Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Hummingbird & Butterfly Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Imperial Gardens: 3.7 mi
  • Mystic Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Upper Campus Community Garden: 3.7 mi
Peaks
  • Workman Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Whittier Hill: 3.4 mi
  • West Coyote Hills: 3.8 mi
  • West Coyote Hills: 4.3 mi
  • Puente Hills: 5.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Pirates Dinner Adventure: 7.2 mi
  • Medieval Times: 7.4 mi
  • Pig Pen's Mud Buggies: 7.7 mi
  • Sally Swings: 7.7 mi
  • Hat Dance: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 55
  • Hidden Valley: 3.7 mi
  • Creekside: 3.8 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 10.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 10.6 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Schweitzer Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Washout Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Bear Claw Fall: 11.0 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 13.3 mi
Springs: 11
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 11.8 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Fern Springs: 19.8 mi
  • Horsetrough Spring: 21.5 mi
Beaches: 11
Cliffs: 4
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 22.9 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 23.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 23.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 24.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 17.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Murphy Ranch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MarkhamNNW 341°1,746 m20.4 mi
Mount WilsonNNW 347°1,737 m18.9 mi
Occidental PeakNNW 344°1,736 m20.0 mi
Mount LoweNNW 340°1,699 m20.1 mi
Monrovia PeakN 3°1,649 m17.7 mi
Mount HarvardNNW 346°1,640 m18.2 mi
Rankin PeakN 2°1,606 m17.3 mi
Mount YaleNNW 345°1,451 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3020:07
September equinox06:4118:1718:50
December solstice06:5416:0916:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585961646771757775696257
Precip in2.83.01.70.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.71.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fullerton Muni AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard119 obs
  • laurel sumac78 obs
  • White Horehound61 obs
  • castor bean53 obs
  • Toyon51 obs
  • California Buckwheat51 obs
  • California brittlebush49 obs
  • milk thistle48 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/842020998

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