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Ralph Welch Park

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Ralph Welch Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 249 m. Cucamonga Peak stands 2,695 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamilton Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 22 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
249 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.05027, -117.76622

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 2.2 mi
  • Tongva Village: 5.3 mi
  • Redwood Grove: 10.2 mi
  • Galleano Winery: 13.1 mi
  • Castle Peak and Thunder Railroad: 13.5 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Nature reserves: 60
Picnic sites: 37
  • Site C: 6.3 mi
  • Site B: 6.3 mi
  • Site A: 6.3 mi
  • Site A: 6.5 mi
  • Site C: 6.5 mi
Springs: 36
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 7.1 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 8.0 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Forked Spruce Spring: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Wolfskill Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Historic Dam: 15.9 mi
  • Etiwanda Falls: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Norco Bluffs: 13.4 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 13.6 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 13.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 14.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 14.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Ralph Welch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cucamonga PeakNE 41°2,695 m15.8 mi
Ontario PeakNNE 33°2,640 m14.7 mi
Etiwanda PeakNE 42°2,640 m16.6 mi
Thunder MountainNNE 32°2,613 m17.4 mi
Bighorn PeakNE 37°2,575 m15.9 mi
Timber MountainNE 36°2,521 m16.7 mi
Iron MountainN 10°2,419 m16.7 mi
Sugarloaf PeakNNE 30°2,091 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:03
June solstice05:4119:2920:06
September equinox06:4018:1618:49
December solstice06:5416:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636671767875676054
Precip in2.94.12.11.00.20.10.00.00.01.00.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pomona/fairplex, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Garden Snail56 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard46 obs
  • Western Honey Bee46 obs
  • Brown Widow36 obs
  • Arizona Mantis34 obs
  • Western Giant Swallowtail33 obs
  • Black Soldier Fly32 obs
  • Gray Bird Grasshopper31 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/510475133

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