Swanson Park
Swanson Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Palm Tree Circle, a park 0.1 miles away. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Palm Tree Circle: 0.1 mi
- Crescent Bay Point Park: 0.5 mi
- Boat Canyon Park: 0.9 mi
- Irvine Bowl Park: 1.4 mi
- Jahraus Park: 1.4 mi
- Semper Memento: 1.1 mi
- Wisdom Courage Compassion: 4.2 mi
- Disappearing Path: 4.5 mi
- Goldenrod Footbridge: 5.0 mi
- Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory: 5.1 mi
- Art A Fair (summer): 1.6 mi
- Laguna Beach "L": 2.0 mi
- Gandhi: 4.2 mi
- Marie Curie: 4.2 mi
- Sea Lions on the Rock: 4.6 mi
- Newport Landing Whale Watching: 6.4 mi
- The Balls: 6.6 mi
- Giant Wheel at Irvine Spectrum Center: 7.6 mi
- Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center: 8.2 mi
- Irvine Lanes: 8.3 mi
- Sherman Library & Gardens: 5.1 mi
- Niguel Botanical Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Garden Center 1: 6.2 mi
- Aldrich Park Rock Garden: 6.7 mi
- Laurel L. Wilkening Rose Garden: 6.8 mi
- Temple Hill: 3.0 mi
- Pelican Hill: 3.3 mi
- Signal Peak: 3.5 mi
- Aliso Peak: 4.8 mi
- Niguel Hill: 5.1 mi
- Laguna Art Museum: 1.3 mi
- Pretend City Children's Museum: 7.2 mi
- Irvine Historical Society: 7.7 mi
- Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art: 8.6 mi
- Ocean Institute: 8.6 mi
- Tomato Spring: 11.3 mi
- Dripping Springs: 14.4 mi
- Crow Spring: 16.3 mi
- Hot Spring: 16.8 mi
- Mustang Spring: 17.0 mi
- Arch Beach: 3.3 mi
- China Cove Beach: 5.2 mi
- Balboa Beach: 6.5 mi
- Newport Dunes: 6.6 mi
- Edgewater: 6.7 mi
- Buck Gully Reserve: 4.0 mi
- William R. Mason Regional Park (wilderness area): 7.1 mi
- San Joaquin Marsh Reserve: 8.0 mi
- Randall Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 12.8 mi
- Calit2 Patio: 6.5 mi
- Sunset View Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Sunset Ridge Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Group Picnic #1: 13.5 mi
- Vista Point: 13.9 mi
- Dana Point Seasonal Waterfall: 8.7 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 17.4 mi
- Historic Dam: 18.5 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 18.7 mi
- Washout Falls: 18.7 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 11.2 mi
- San Onofre Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 14.6 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 14.6 mi
- Three Arches: 6.0 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Swanson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | NE 55° | 1,734 m | 19.1 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | NE 53° | 1,675 m | 19.0 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | ENE 62° | 1,401 m | 21.7 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | ENE 68° | 1,373 m | 20.8 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | ENE 65° | 1,315 m | 22.1 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | NE 35° | 1,211 m | 20.3 mi |
| Bald Peak | NE 48° | 1,197 m | 20.9 mi |
| Bedford Peak | NE 42° | 1,161 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:28 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:17 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:10 | 16:48 |
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, 2 mi away.
- Ochre Sea Star1,037 obs
- Sunburst Anemone1,000 obs
- Striped Shore Crab676 obs
- Western Gull499 obs
- Monarch455 obs
- Woolly Sculpin338 obs
- California Spiny Chiton331 obs
- California Christmas Tree Worm329 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/185324516
Day trips start here
- Laguna Beach · 3 mi
- Aliso Viejo · 5 mi
- Laguna Niguel · 6 mi
- Beach Cities · 7 mi
- Laguna Hills · 7 mi
- Newport Beach · 7 mi
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