Rio Oso Park
Rio Oso Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is C2 Ranch Marker, a historic site 0.2 miles away. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- C2 Ranch Marker: 0.2 mi
- The Great Stone Church: 1.0 mi
- San Juan Capistrano Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
- USA HOUSE: 2.5 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 2.7 mi
- El Camino Real Park: 0.2 mi
- Serra Park: 0.4 mi
- Palm Court Park: 0.8 mi
- Redondo View Node Park: 0.8 mi
- Historic SJC Mission City Park: 0.8 mi
- Mission San Juan Capistrano: 0.9 mi
- Giant Wheel at Irvine Spectrum Center: 10.2 mi
- Great Park Balloon: 11.7 mi
- Great Park Carousel: 11.7 mi
- Trabuco Fliers Club: 12.0 mi
- Made In OC: 1.3 mi
- Bird Houses: 1.6 mi
- Gandhi: 4.7 mi
- Marie Curie: 4.7 mi
- The Pacific Promise: 6.0 mi
- Niguel Hill: 3.7 mi
- Aliso Peak: 4.3 mi
- Temple Hill: 5.5 mi
- Pocket Mouse Hill: 8.8 mi
- Signal Peak: 10.3 mi
- Hot Spring: 10.2 mi
- Crow Spring: 10.6 mi
- Los Chinos Spring: 10.9 mi
- Carrillo Spring: 10.9 mi
- White Oak Springs: 11.1 mi
- Blas Aguilar Adobe: 1.0 mi
- Ocean Institute: 4.3 mi
- Surfing Heritage and Culture Center: 6.4 mi
- Laguna Art Museum: 7.1 mi
- Pretend City Children's Museum: 9.7 mi
- Niguel Botanical Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.0 mi
- Garden Center 1: 7.9 mi
- Sherman Library & Gardens: 13.2 mi
- Aldrich Park Rock Garden: 13.5 mi
- Group Campsite: 3.7 mi
- North Day Use Beach: 3.8 mi
- South Day Use Beach: 3.9 mi
- Baby Beach: 4.1 mi
- Poche Beach: 4.8 mi
- Trestles Wetlands Natural Preserve: 9.9 mi
- San Onofre State Beach: 10.1 mi
- Buck Gully Reserve: 11.7 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 11.9 mi
- William R. Mason Regional Park (wilderness area): 12.9 mi
- Old Corral Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Group Picnic #1: 10.2 mi
- Vista Point: 11.0 mi
- Calit2 Patio: 13.3 mi
- Goat Shed Point: 13.9 mi
- Dana Point Seasonal Waterfall: 4.0 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 14.3 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 15.3 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 15.3 mi
- Ortega Falls: 15.9 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 6.8 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 6.8 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Southbound): 21.2 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Northbound): 21.7 mi
- Willard: 19.6 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 20.4 mi
- Terra Cotta: 21.4 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 3.7 mi
- San Onofre Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Three Arches: 4.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rio Oso Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | NNE 30° | 1,734 m | 15.6 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | NNE 27° | 1,675 m | 15.9 mi |
| Clark | ESE 110° | 1,527 m | 20.4 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | NE 41° | 1,401 m | 17.1 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | NE 48° | 1,373 m | 15.4 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | NE 46° | 1,315 m | 17.0 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | N 11° | 1,211 m | 19.8 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNE 25° | 1,197 m | 18.3 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 | 56 | 59 | 61 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 66 | 60 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguna Beach, 7 mi away.
- Monarch133 obs
- Western Fence Lizard107 obs
- Dotted Paropsine Leaf Beetle73 obs
- Western Honey Bee48 obs
- Artichoke Thistle48 obs
- Peruvian Pepper Tree38 obs
- California brittlebush37 obs
- American Crow35 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/163328130
Day trips start here
- San Juan Capistrano · 1 mi
- Laguna Niguel · 2 mi
- Dana Point · 4 mi
- Aliso Viejo · 5 mi
- Beach Cities · 6 mi
- Laguna Beach · 6 mi
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