Mesa de Colorado
Mesa de Colorado rises to 660 m in California. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Rancho Santa Rosa Historic Area, a attraction 1.6 miles away. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49049366, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 660 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cole Canyon Natural Park: 5.0 mi
- Calle Cipres Park: 5.0 mi
- Oak Bluff Park: 5.1 mi
- Rustic Field Park: 5.2 mi
- Sykes Ranch Park: 5.2 mi
- Avenaloca Mesa: 1.7 mi
- Mesa de la Punta: 2.3 mi
- Monument Hill: 2.4 mi
- Tenaja Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Redonda Mesa: 3.0 mi
- Rancho Santa Rosa Historic Area: 1.6 mi
- Murrieta Historic Downtown: 5.8 mi
- Brown Water Tower: 6.4 mi
- Redemption Games: 6.6 mi
- Rock Wall: 6.6 mi
- Laurel Flag Pole Memorial: 5.0 mi
- 9/11 Rock Garden: 6.2 mi
- Honor Garden: 6.2 mi
- Memorial Flags: 6.3 mi
- Wildomar Elementary School Historic Bell: 7.0 mi
- Temecula Valley Museum: 8.4 mi
- Pennypickle's Workshop Museum: 8.5 mi
- Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society: 8.8 mi
- Wings and Rotors Air Museum: 10.9 mi
- Little Temecula History Center: 11.5 mi
- Willow Spring: 4.4 mi
- Mud Springs: 6.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 7.1 mi
- Case Spring: 8.0 mi
- Iodine Spring: 8.3 mi
- Student Gardens: 8.6 mi
- Prayer Garden: 8.6 mi
- School Garden: 9.8 mi
- Grand Tradition: 10.1 mi
- Waterwise Garden: 10.1 mi
- Shipwreck Shore: 17.5 mi
- Church: 18.2 mi
- Playa Las Palmeras: 19.1 mi
- T Street Beach: 19.5 mi
- The Pier Beach: 19.6 mi
- Sylvan Meadows Multi-Use Area: 2.0 mi
- Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve: 3.3 mi
- Los Jilgueros Preserve: 10.6 mi
- Dinwiddie Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Gird Valley Preserve: 12.5 mi
- Ram Head: 6.9 mi
- Old Town Arch: 8.7 mi
- Historic Fire Wagon 28: 8.7 mi
- Fallbrook Totem Bird Sculpture: 9.1 mi
- A Child's Wonderland: 10.0 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 6.9 mi
- Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 6.9 mi
- Ortega Falls: 11.3 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 12.2 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 18.2 mi
- Employee Break Area: 8.2 mi
- Juror Patio Tables: 11.5 mi
- Old Corral Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Rotary Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Willard: 11.8 mi
- Leon: 14.1 mi
- Terra Cotta: 14.4 mi
- Pinacate: 18.0 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 21.4 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 17.7 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 17.8 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Southbound): 18.1 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Northbound): 18.2 mi
- San Onofre Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mesa de Colorado. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | NW 316° | 1,734 m | 19.8 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | NW 316° | 1,675 m | 20.6 mi |
| Clark | SSW 201° | 1,527 m | 6.7 mi |
| Agua Tibia Mountain | ESE 110° | 1,454 m | 19.3 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | NW 323° | 1,401 m | 17.1 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | NW 318° | 1,373 m | 15.0 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | NW 324° | 1,315 m | 15.7 mi |
| San Mateo Peak | NNW 327° | 1,095 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:26 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:15 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:08 | 16:46 |
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 | 57 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 71 | 63 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fallbrook 5 NE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358789067
Day trips start here
- Fallbrook · 10 mi
- Temecula · 10 mi
- Lake Elsinore · 11 mi
- San Clemente · 19 mi
- Oceanside · 20 mi
- Perris · 21 mi
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