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Portola Park

Portola Park from directly overhead

Portola Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mabury Park, a park 0.7 miles away. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates33.76518, -117.84380
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
Peaks: 58
Nature reserves: 34
Picnic sites: 23
  • Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Falcon Flats Group Area: 5.4 mi
  • Squirrel Square Group Area: 5.7 mi
  • Deer Den Group Area: 5.8 mi
  • Coyote Corner Group Area: 6.0 mi
Springs: 19
Beaches: 17
Waterfalls: 10
  • Bear Claw Fall: 5.2 mi
  • Washout Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Historic Dam: 5.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.2 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.4 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 21.8 mi
  • Coyote Bluff: 23.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 20.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakESE 102°1,734 m18.2 mi
Modjeska PeakE 100°1,675 m17.5 mi
Trabuco PeakESE 101°1,401 m21.6 mi
Los Pinos PeakESE 108°1,373 m22.5 mi
Horsethief PeakESE 104°1,315 m22.8 mi
Pleasants PeakE 81°1,211 m13.8 mi
Bald PeakE 92°1,197 m17.7 mi
Bedford PeakE 89°1,161 m15.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:03
June solstice05:4219:2920:06
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel115 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard112 obs
  • Western Honey Bee78 obs
  • Arizona Mantis69 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard51 obs
  • Mourning Dove42 obs
  • American Crow41 obs
  • Figeater Beetle41 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/144690182

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