Trabuco Peak
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Trabuco Peak rises to 1,401 m in California. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the west, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Horsethief Peak, a peak 1.4 miles away.
The story
Trabuco Peak is a 4,607-foot (1,404 m) summit in the Santa Ana Mountains on the border of Orange and Riverside Counties, California, about halfway between Rancho Santa Margarita and Lake Elsinore. The mountain sits on the divide between Arroyo Trabuco (Trabuco Canyon) on the west and the Temescal Creek valley on the east. Situated in the Cleveland National Forest, it is the highest summit in the Santa Anas south of Santiago Peak. The main trails providing access to the peak, the West Horsethief and Holy Jim trails, both begin at the bottom of Trabuco Canyon. The Main Divide Road, a fire road, also passes close to the peak.
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Wikidata Q16901938, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1401 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Horsethief Peak: 1.4 mi
- Yaeger Mesa: 1.7 mi
- Los Pinos Peak: 2.6 mi
- Santiago Peak: 3.4 mi
- Modjeska Peak: 4.1 mi
- Deleo Regional Sports Park: 3.0 mi
- Kite Ridge Park: 3.1 mi
- Horsethief Canyon Park: 3.5 mi
- Coral Canyon Park: 3.8 mi
- Maze: 3.9 mi
- Trabuco and Holy Jim cabin Owners' Improvement Association: 3.1 mi
- Site of the Third Serrano Adobe: 5.3 mi
- Tanning Vats: 5.3 mi
- Serrano Tanning Vats: 5.3 mi
- Mathews Dam: 9.3 mi
- Firebase Airsoft Field: 4.3 mi
- Babylon Paintball Field: 4.3 mi
- Concrete Pipes Paintball Field: 4.3 mi
- Hyperball Paintball Field: 4.3 mi
- Trenches Paintball Field: 4.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 11.3 mi
- Botanical Wedding Garden: 11.5 mi
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer Garden: 13.3 mi
- Victoria Ave Pocket Park Gartden: 13.8 mi
- Library Mall: 14.5 mi
- Peace Obelisk: 12.2 mi
- Jazz scene: 14.1 mi
- Jazz Scene: 14.1 mi
- Four To Grow: 14.2 mi
- Finding the Lost Coin: 14.5 mi
- Corona Heritage Museum: 11.4 mi
- Corona Model Railroad Society: 11.4 mi
- Museum Barn Exhibit: 11.5 mi
- Southern California Railway Museum: 14.5 mi
- World Museum of Natural History: 14.6 mi
- Bear Spring: 2.6 mi
- Alder Spring: 2.7 mi
- Los Pinos Spring: 3.3 mi
- Jamison Spring: 4.1 mi
- Chiquito Spring: 4.4 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 10.1 mi
- Four Seasons Preserve: 13.6 mi
- California Citrus State Historic Park: 13.7 mi
- Sylvan Meadows Multi-Use Area: 16.1 mi
- Coal Canyon Ecological Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Perris Beach: 19.8 mi
- Group Campsite: 20.4 mi
- South Day Use Beach: 20.4 mi
- Poche Beach: 20.5 mi
- North Day Use Beach: 20.6 mi
- Goat Shed Point: 7.9 mi
- Vista Point: 8.0 mi
- Group Picnic #1: 8.2 mi
- Old Corral Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Coyote Corner Group Area: 16.7 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 2.4 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 5.8 mi
- Ortega Falls: 5.9 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 6.5 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 11.1 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 17.1 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 17.3 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 17.5 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 17.6 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 19.1 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 4.7 mi
- Terra Cotta: 5.8 mi
- Willard: 6.2 mi
- Pinacate: 14.5 mi
- Leon: 21.2 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 19.4 mi
- Three Arches: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Trabuco Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | W 279° | 1,734 m | 3.4 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | WNW 287° | 1,675 m | 4.1 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | S 176° | 1,373 m | 2.6 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | SE 138° | 1,315 m | 1.4 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | NW 311° | 1,211 m | 10.0 mi |
| Bald Peak | NW 317° | 1,197 m | 5.1 mi |
| Bedford Peak | NW 307° | 1,161 m | 7.4 mi |
| San Mateo Peak | SE 138° | 1,095 m | 8.2 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 274177 — Trabuco Peak, Orange County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/621582199
Day trips start here
- Lake Elsinore · 9 mi
- Corona · 13 mi
- Lake Forest · 13 mi
- Mission Viejo · 13 mi
- Beach Cities · 15 mi
- Laguna Hills · 15 mi
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