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Ranch Park

Ranch Park from directly overhead

Ranch Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 34 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildwood Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
34 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.68441, -117.78149
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wildwood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hoeptner Park: 0.3 mi
  • Fallbrook Park: 0.4 mi
  • Ashwood Park: 0.4 mi
  • Doe Trail Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
  • lily home: 1.3 mi
  • Orc Statue: 2.0 mi
  • Welcome to Orange County: 2.8 mi
  • Folded Circle Three Rings: 3.0 mi
  • Form No. 2: 4.2 mi
Attractions
  • Old Towne Irvine: 1.5 mi
  • Great Park Balloon: 2.4 mi
  • Great Park Carousel: 2.4 mi
  • Bumper Boats: 3.1 mi
  • Irvine Lanes: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks: 57
Museums: 56
Springs: 29
Nature reserves: 27
Beaches: 24
Picnic sites: 15
  • Calit2 Patio: 4.5 mi
  • Deer Den Group Area: 7.8 mi
  • Coyote Corner Group Area: 7.8 mi
  • Squirrel Square Group Area: 7.9 mi
  • Falcon Flats Group Area: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 12
Cliffs: 5
  • Coyote Bluff: 17.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 21.4 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 22.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 13.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakE 83°1,734 m14.3 mi
Modjeska PeakE 80°1,675 m13.9 mi
Trabuco PeakE 86°1,401 m17.7 mi
Los Pinos PeakE 94°1,373 m17.9 mi
Horsethief PeakE 89°1,315 m18.6 mi
Pleasants PeakNE 52°1,211 m12.7 mi
Bald PeakENE 71°1,197 m15.0 mi
Bedford PeakENE 64°1,161 m13.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:03
June solstice05:4219:2920:05
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 °F565760626669737574696256
Precip in3.13.42.10.80.30.10.00.00.20.71.22.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tustin Irvine RCH, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard264 obs
  • Egyptian Goose258 obs
  • Canada Goose158 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard148 obs
  • American Coot145 obs
  • Western Bluebird131 obs
  • American Crow113 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron112 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/113629920

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