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Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park

Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park from directly overhead

Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 312 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east-northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Proposed Park (Private), a park 0.6 miles away.

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Coordinates33.67641, -117.62332
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Proposed Park (Private): 0.6 mi
  • Wandering Trails Rose Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Wandering Trails Park: 0.8 mi
  • Concourse Park: 0.8 mi
  • Iron Ridge Park: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Peace Obelisk: 5.3 mi
  • Folded Circle Three Rings: 7.3 mi
  • Orc Statue: 8.4 mi
  • The Pacific Promise: 8.8 mi
  • lily home: 9.6 mi
Gardens: 50
Museums: 48
Springs: 34
Nature reserves: 28
Beaches: 22
  • Arch Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Group Campsite: 15.2 mi
  • North Day Use Beach: 15.3 mi
  • South Day Use Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Baby Beach: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Vista Point: 1.2 mi
  • Group Picnic #1: 2.1 mi
  • Goat Shed Point: 2.4 mi
  • Old Corral Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
  • Coyote Corner Group Area: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 12
Cliffs: 6
  • Coyote Bluff: 14.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 18.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 18.5 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 18.9 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 14.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakENE 65°1,734 m5.6 mi
Modjeska PeakENE 57°1,675 m5.4 mi
Trabuco PeakENE 78°1,401 m8.7 mi
Los Pinos PeakE 95°1,373 m8.8 mi
Horsethief PeakE 86°1,315 m9.5 mi
Pleasants PeakN 7°1,211 m8.3 mi
Bald PeakNE 43°1,197 m7.4 mi
Bedford PeakNNE 23°1,161 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:3019:03
June solstice05:4119:2820:05
September equinox06:3918:1618:49
December solstice06:5216:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F595961646771757675716458
Precip in2.73.51.70.90.30.00.10.00.10.60.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Irvine RCH, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • chaparral yucca168 obs
  • coast live oak135 obs
  • lanceleaf liveforever129 obs
  • lemonade berry120 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard115 obs
  • Chilicothe113 obs
  • black sage112 obs
  • deerweed111 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 way/164975943

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