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San Miguel Park

San Miguel Park from directly overhead

San Miguel Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 91 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffalo Hills Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates33.61948, -117.85203

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
  • The Balls: 2.4 mi
  • Newport Landing Whale Watching: 3.0 mi
  • Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center: 3.0 mi
  • Flame Thrower: 3.8 mi
  • Sidewinder: 3.8 mi
Museums: 47
Peaks: 44
Springs: 27
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 21
Picnic sites: 13
  • Calit2 Patio: 1.8 mi
  • Sunset View Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
  • Sunset Ridge Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Deer Den Group Area: 13.5 mi
  • Squirrel Square Group Area: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Bear Claw Fall: 13.5 mi
  • Washout Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Dana Point Seasonal Waterfall: 13.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakENE 71°1,734 m19.3 mi
Modjeska PeakENE 69°1,675 m19.0 mi
Trabuco PeakENE 75°1,401 m22.4 mi
Los Pinos PeakE 82°1,373 m22.1 mi
Horsethief PeakENE 78°1,315 m23.1 mi
Pleasants PeakNE 49°1,211 m18.7 mi
Bald PeakENE 63°1,197 m20.5 mi
Bedford PeakENE 57°1,161 m18.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:03
June solstice05:4219:2920:06
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
December solstice06:5316:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759616365686969676157
Precip in2.22.41.30.60.20.10.00.00.10.30.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport Beach Harbor, 2 mi away.

  • California Buckwheat275 obs
  • Western Honey Bee167 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard147 obs
  • Chalk Dudleya136 obs
  • Toyon125 obs
  • lemonade berry124 obs
  • California sagebrush121 obs
  • scarlet pimpernel111 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/185324509

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