Park · California
Ranchwood Park
Ranchwood Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherry Park, a park 0.3 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates33.63459, -117.68496
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Cherry Park: 0.3 mi
- Lake Forest Park: 0.6 mi
- Darrin Park: 0.6 mi
- Rimgate Park: 0.8 mi
- El Toro Community Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
- USPS Lake Forest dedication plaque: 1.3 mi
- Costeau Pit Monument: 2.5 mi
- William James Edwards. Jr.: 3.7 mi
- Aguaje del Cuate: 4.0 mi
- Portola Overlook: 4.3 mi
Artworks
- Peace Obelisk: 2.9 mi
- Folded Circle Three Rings: 3.7 mi
- The Pacific Promise: 4.3 mi
- Orc Statue: 5.0 mi
- Marie Curie: 6.2 mi
Attractions
- Giant Wheel at Irvine Spectrum Center: 3.5 mi
- Great Park Carousel: 4.2 mi
- Great Park Balloon: 4.3 mi
- Old Towne Irvine: 5.1 mi
- Trabuco Fliers Club: 7.0 mi
Peaks
- Bolero Point: 5.4 mi
- Vulture Crags: 6.4 mi
- Flores Peak: 6.6 mi
- Temple Hill: 7.1 mi
- French Hill: 7.3 mi
Gardens: 42
- Garden Center 1: 2.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.9 mi
- Niguel Botanical Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.9 mi
- Laurel L. Wilkening Rose Garden: 9.0 mi
Museums: 41
- Pretend City Children's Museum: 3.2 mi
- Laguna Art Museum: 8.7 mi
- Irvine Historical Society: 8.7 mi
- Blas Aguilar Adobe: 9.3 mi
- Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art: 10.3 mi
Springs: 33
- Tomato Spring: 4.5 mi
- Dripping Springs: 6.8 mi
- Laurel Spring: 8.2 mi
- Shrewsburg Spring: 8.5 mi
- Crow Spring: 8.7 mi
Beaches: 22
- Arch Beach: 9.1 mi
- China Cove Beach: 11.5 mi
- Baby Beach: 11.9 mi
- North Day Use Beach: 11.9 mi
- Group Campsite: 12.0 mi
Nature reserves: 20
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 4.1 mi
- William R. Mason Regional Park (wilderness area): 7.7 mi
- Buck Gully Reserve: 9.4 mi
- San Joaquin Marsh Reserve: 9.5 mi
- Peters Canyon Regional Park: 10.4 mi
Picnic sites: 12
- Group Picnic #1: 4.9 mi
- Vista Point: 5.0 mi
- Goat Shed Point: 6.7 mi
- Calit2 Patio: 9.0 mi
- Old Corral Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- Harding Canyon Falls: 8.5 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 10.6 mi
- Black Star Canyon Falls: 11.4 mi
- Dana Point Seasonal Waterfall: 11.9 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 13.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Coyote Bluff: 11.9 mi
- San Onofre Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 21.6 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 22.1 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Rancho Temescal: 14.6 mi
- Willard: 17.7 mi
- Terra Cotta: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 14.5 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 14.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Three Arches: 10.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Ranchwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | ENE 59° | 1,734 m | 10.1 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | NE 54° | 1,675 m | 10.0 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | ENE 69° | 1,401 m | 12.9 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | E 80° | 1,373 m | 12.5 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | ENE 74° | 1,315 m | 13.5 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | NNE 22° | 1,211 m | 12.1 mi |
| Bald Peak | NE 46° | 1,197 m | 12.0 mi |
| Bedford Peak | NE 34° | 1,161 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:28 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 57 | 60 | 62 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tustin Irvine RCH, 6 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard81 obs
- Monarch72 obs
- Dotted Paropsine Leaf Beetle58 obs
- Arizona Mantis52 obs
- Mallard51 obs
- Sonoran Spotted Whiptail45 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk41 obs
- Mountain Chickadee37 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/164975927
Day trips start here
- Lake Forest · 1 mi
- Beach Cities · 3 mi
- Laguna Hills · 3 mi
- Mission Viejo · 3 mi
- Aliso Viejo · 5 mi
- Orange County · 6 mi
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