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Meadows Edge Picnic Area

Meadows Edge Picnic Area from directly overhead

Meadows Edge Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,062 m. San Gorgonio Mountain stands 3,502 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Juniper Point Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.5 miles away.

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What to expect

Operated by
US Forest Service

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.25993, -116.90837
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ski Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Meadow Park: 1.0 mi
  • Rotary Park: 1.1 mi
  • Veterans Park: 1.1 mi
  • Big Bear BMX Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Bertha Peak: 1.7 mi
  • Snow Summit: 2.9 mi
  • Delamar Mountain: 3.0 mi
  • Grandview: 3.5 mi
  • Grays Peak: 3.6 mi
Springs
  • Delamar Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Saragossa Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Hitchcock Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Little Bear Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Bellyache Springs: 4.6 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Gold Rush Mining Company Adventures: 1.8 mi
  • Time Bandit Pirate Ship: 1.9 mi
  • Snow Play: 2.3 mi
  • Mill: 3.1 mi
  • Van Dusen Cabin: 3.1 mi
Museums: 18
Picnic sites: 17
Nature reserves: 13
Artworks: 12
Historic sites: 11
Beaches: 10
Waterfalls: 7
  • Monkeyface Creek: 11.5 mi
  • Monkeyface Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Monkeyface Creek: 11.5 mi
  • Big Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Aztec Falls: 12.6 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Voodoo Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 20.0 mi
  • LaFourcade Community Garden: 20.1 mi
  • Brother Boniface Memorial Garden: 20.6 mi
  • Saint Francis Garden: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Meadows Edge Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gorgonio MountainSSE 157°3,502 m12.1 mi
Jepson PeakSSE 161°3,416 m11.5 mi
Bighorn MountainSSE 156°3,352 m12.8 mi
Dragon's HeadSSE 159°3,312 m12.6 mi
Anderson PeakS 175°3,304 m9.4 mi
Charlton PeakSSE 163°3,291 m10.5 mi
Shields PeakS 171°3,261 m9.3 mi
Little Charlton PeakSSE 162°3,248 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2719:00
June solstice05:3719:2620:04
September equinox06:3618:1318:46
December solstice06:5116:0416:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353539445259656459494135
Precip in4.54.42.40.80.40.10.70.80.40.81.33.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Bear Lake, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/9815095597

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