Los Pinos Peak
Los Pinos Peak rises to 1,373 m in California. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Los Pinos Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away.
The story
Los Pinos Peak is a 4,455-foot (1,358 m) summit in the Santa Ana Mountains in Orange County, California, about 8 miles (13 km) east of Rancho Santa Margarita. Los Pinos is the southernmost peak above 4,000 feet (1,200 m) in the Santa Anas, and provides extensive views south towards San Diego and the Pacific Ocean as well as views (on clear days) of the San Jacinto Mountains and San Bernardino Mountains in the east. The summit rises rather prominently above the main crest of the Santa Anas and is conspicuously visible from much of southern Orange County, although its actual topographic prominence is only about 610 feet (186 m). The peak is situated in the Cleveland National Forest and is accessible by the Main Divide Road (a fire road); the Trabuco Canyon Trail, which begins near Trabuco Creek, and the Los Pinos Peak Trail, which begins in Hot Springs Canyon (near San Juan Canyon, San Juan Creek and the Ortega Highway (State Route 74).
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Wikidata Q16894312, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1373 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Yaeger Mesa: 1.4 mi
- Horsethief Peak: 1.7 mi
- Trabuco Peak: 2.6 mi
- Sugarloaf: 2.7 mi
- New Sugarloaf: 2.7 mi
- Trabuco and Holy Jim cabin Owners' Improvement Association: 2.8 mi
- Site of the Third Serrano Adobe: 7.9 mi
- Tanning Vats: 7.9 mi
- Serrano Tanning Vats: 7.9 mi
- Mathews Dam: 11.8 mi
- McVicker Park: 4.5 mi
- Oak Tree Park: 4.7 mi
- Summer Lake Park: 4.9 mi
- Lincoln Street Park: 5.1 mi
- Horsethief Canyon Park: 5.4 mi
- Trabuco Fliers Club: 5.6 mi
- Firebase Airsoft Field: 5.7 mi
- Babylon Paintball Field: 5.8 mi
- Concrete Pipes Paintball Field: 5.8 mi
- Hyperball Paintball Field: 5.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.5 mi
- Botanical Wedding Garden: 13.8 mi
- Garden Center 1: 15.3 mi
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer Garden: 15.8 mi
- Victoria Ave Pocket Park Gartden: 16.4 mi
- Peace Obelisk: 11.1 mi
- Bird Houses: 14.7 mi
- Made In OC: 15.8 mi
- The Pacific Promise: 15.8 mi
- Folded Circle Three Rings: 15.9 mi
- Corona Heritage Museum: 13.8 mi
- Corona Model Railroad Society: 13.8 mi
- Museum Barn Exhibit: 13.8 mi
- Southern California Railway Museum: 15.3 mi
- Pretend City Children's Museum: 15.5 mi
- Los Pinos Spring: 1.2 mi
- Chiquito Spring: 1.8 mi
- Alder Spring: 2.6 mi
- Bear Spring: 4.2 mi
- Crow Spring: 4.9 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 10.4 mi
- Four Seasons Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Sylvan Meadows Multi-Use Area: 14.1 mi
- Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve: 15.9 mi
- California Citrus State Historic Park: 16.2 mi
- Poche Beach: 18.4 mi
- Group Campsite: 18.4 mi
- South Day Use Beach: 18.4 mi
- North Beach: 18.6 mi
- North Day Use Beach: 18.7 mi
- Group Picnic #1: 7.6 mi
- Vista Point: 7.8 mi
- Goat Shed Point: 8.7 mi
- Old Corral Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 3.2 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 3.3 mi
- Ortega Falls: 3.7 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 7.8 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 8.6 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 17.0 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 19.6 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 19.8 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 20.0 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 20.2 mi
- Willard: 5.3 mi
- Terra Cotta: 6.2 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 7.3 mi
- Pinacate: 15.2 mi
- Leon: 20.6 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 17.1 mi
- Three Arches: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Los Pinos Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | NW 311° | 1,734 m | 4.8 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | NW 312° | 1,675 m | 5.6 mi |
| Clark | SSE 156° | 1,527 m | 19.0 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | N 356° | 1,401 m | 2.6 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | NNE 26° | 1,315 m | 1.7 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | NW 320° | 1,211 m | 12.0 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNW 330° | 1,197 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bedford Peak | NW 319° | 1,161 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:27 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:15 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 16:08 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 54 | 55 | 59 | 63 | 68 | 74 | 80 | 81 | 77 | 69 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elsinore, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 272232 — Los Pinos Peak, Orange County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358801655
Day trips start here
- Lake Elsinore · 8 mi
- Mission Viejo · 12 mi
- Lake Forest · 13 mi
- Beach Cities · 14 mi
- Laguna Hills · 14 mi
- Aliso Viejo · 16 mi
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