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Rancho Mission Viejo Ecological Reserve

Rancho Mission Viejo Ecological Reserve from directly overhead

Rancho Mission Viejo Ecological Reserve is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 137 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Talega Park, a park 1.6 miles away. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
137 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.48058, -117.56755
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Talega Park: 1.6 mi
  • Altea Park: 1.7 mi
  • Richard T. Steed Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Harbor View Park: 3.0 mi
  • Harbor View Park Entrance: 3.0 mi
Artworks
  • Bird Houses: 4.7 mi
  • Made In OC: 5.5 mi
  • Peace Obelisk: 9.8 mi
  • Gandhi: 10.9 mi
  • Marie Curie: 10.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Reikers Point: 4.8 mi
  • Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens: 5.1 mi
  • Park Semper Fi: 5.1 mi
  • San Juan Capistrano Veterans Memorial: 5.6 mi
  • The Great Stone Church: 5.7 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 59
Springs: 31
Beaches: 24
Gardens: 21
Museums: 19
Nature reserves: 14
Picnic sites: 13
  • Old Corral Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
  • Group Picnic #1: 11.9 mi
  • Vista Point: 13.0 mi
  • Goat Shed Point: 16.1 mi
  • Calit2 Patio: 19.3 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Dana Point Seasonal Waterfall: 7.8 mi
  • Tenaja Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Lion Canyon Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Ortega Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Holly Jim Falls: 15.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 9.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rancho Mission Viejo Ecological Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakN 7°1,734 m16.0 mi
Modjeska PeakN 5°1,675 m16.6 mi
ClarkESE 109°1,527 m14.1 mi
Trabuco PeakNNE 19°1,401 m16.2 mi
Los Pinos PeakNNE 23°1,373 m13.9 mi
Horsethief PeakNNE 24°1,315 m15.6 mi
Pleasants PeakN 354°1,211 m21.9 mi
Bald PeakN 6°1,197 m19.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2919:02
June solstice05:4219:2720:04
September equinox06:3918:1618:48
December solstice06:5116:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565659616567707170666056
Precip in2.83.41.60.80.20.10.10.00.20.51.11.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguna Beach, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Padre's Shooting Star23 obs
  • Splendid Mariposa Lily15 obs
  • western blue-eyed grass14 obs
  • Artichoke Thistle14 obs
  • lemonade berry13 obs
  • white sage13 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard12 obs
  • arroyo lupine12 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 node/358829874

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