Ranger Peak
Ranger Peak rises to 1,530 m in California. San Jacinto Peak stands 3,288 m to the east-southeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away.
The story
Ranger Peak is in Riverside County, California.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7292776, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,530 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Spring: 0.5 mi
- Peach Tree Spring: 1.4 mi
- Bay Tree Spring: 2.7 mi
- Cinco Poses Spring: 4.5 mi
- Cave Spring: 5.0 mi
- Barker Peak: 2.8 mi
- Angelus Hill: 3.1 mi
- Mount Edna: 4.0 mi
- Cabazon Peak: 4.0 mi
- Black Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Black Mountain Scenic Area: 3.5 mi
- Cabazon Park: 5.2 mi
- Lions Park: 5.6 mi
- Carpenter Hamilton Park: 6.3 mi
- Roosevelt Williams Park: 6.4 mi
- Gilman Ranch: 7.6 mi
- Palm Springs Aerial Tramway: 12.2 mi
- Hurkey Creek: 13.0 mi
- Archery: 13.8 mi
- Mountain Biking: 13.8 mi
- Gilman Historic Ranch and Wagon Museum: 7.5 mi
- San Jacinto City Museum: 9.3 mi
- Idyllwild Area Historical Society: 9.4 mi
- Victorian Bridal Museum: 10.6 mi
- Fingerprints Youth Museum: 10.7 mi
- Alpenglow Lilac Gardens: 9.4 mi
- Prayer Garden: 14.5 mi
- California Desert Region: 16.4 mi
- Texas Desert Region: 16.4 mi
- Moorten Botanical Garden: 16.4 mi
- Valley Hi Oak Park: 1.9 mi
- James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve: 3.8 mi
- UC James San Jacinto Montain Reserve: 3.8 mi
- Potrero Reserve: 7.4 mi
- nature corridor: 8.3 mi
- mine: 6.5 mi
- Sawmill Flats: 7.0 mi
- Speed of Light Experiment: 7.5 mi
- Hemet Veterans Memorial: 11.9 mi
- Mile High Ranch Road Tree: 13.3 mi
- Dinny: 6.1 mi
- Mr. Rex: 6.1 mi
- Forever Marilyn: 16.0 mi
- Isabelle: 16.1 mi
- The Rainmaker: 16.1 mi
- Lake Fulmor Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Lake Hemet Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Mission Creek Preserve: 16.5 mi
- Bent Palm Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Area B: 19.5 mi
- Fuller Mill Creek Falls: 5.3 mi
- Andreas Falls: 13.4 mi
- Dry Falls: 14.7 mi
- Tahquitz Falls: 15.4 mi
- Silverwood Falls: 16.0 mi
- Whitewater Adobe Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Whitewater Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Brookside Rest Area: 13.6 mi
- Wildwood Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Morongo's Oasis Beach: 5.6 mi
- Moreno Beach: 19.9 mi
- Perris Beach: 20.9 mi
- Oak Cliff: 8.4 mi
- Dry Falls: 14.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Ranger Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jacinto Peak | ESE 104° | 3,288 m | 8.7 mi |
| Jean Peak | ESE 107° | 3,202 m | 8.8 mi |
| Folly Peak | ESE 102° | 3,195 m | 8.3 mi |
| Marion Mountain | ESE 113° | 3,150 m | 8.7 mi |
| Miller Peak | ESE 103° | 3,143 m | 9.0 mi |
| Newton Drury Peak | ESE 107° | 3,102 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Saint Ellen | ESE 113° | 3,097 m | 8.4 mi |
| Cornell Peak | ESE 103° | 2,928 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:25 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 16:05 | 16:43 |
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 | 55 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 68 | 73 | 80 | 81 | 77 | 69 | 61 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hemet, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 273202 — Ranger Peak, Riverside County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358801978
Day trips start here
- Banning · 6 mi
- Idyllwild · 9 mi
- Beaumont · 10 mi
- Hemet · 11 mi
- Southern California · 15 mi
- Palm Springs · 17 mi
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