Spring · California
Carrillo Spring
Carrillo Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 662 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Los Chinos Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates33.55568, -117.48627
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Sitton Peak: 3.2 mi
- New Sugarloaf: 4.9 mi
- Sugarloaf: 5.1 mi
- Miller Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Sail Rock: 7.1 mi
Parks
- Boulder Pond & Playground: 6.0 mi
- Cypress Point Park: 6.3 mi
- The Campout: 6.3 mi
- Esencia Green: 6.5 mi
- Pavillion Park: 6.6 mi
Historic sites
- Trabuco and Holy Jim cabin Owners' Improvement Association: 8.5 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 10.3 mi
- The Great Stone Church: 10.8 mi
- San Juan Capistrano Veterans Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Aguaje del Cuate: 10.9 mi
Attractions
- Trabuco Fliers Club: 9.0 mi
- Mission San Juan Capistrano: 10.8 mi
- Historic Downtown Lake Elsinore: 12.0 mi
- Skydive Elsinore: 12.1 mi
- Firebase Airsoft Field: 12.8 mi
Artworks
- Bird Houses: 9.6 mi
- Peace Obelisk: 10.0 mi
- Made In OC: 10.8 mi
- The Pacific Promise: 14.2 mi
- Marie Curie: 14.3 mi
Gardens: 40
- Butterfly Garden: 6.2 mi
- Niguel Botanical Preserve: 13.0 mi
- Garden Center 1: 14.7 mi
- Prayer Garden: 17.8 mi
- School Garden: 18.7 mi
Springs: 32
- Los Chinos Spring: 0.7 mi
- Quail Spring: 1.0 mi
- Fox Spring: 1.2 mi
- Serrano Spring: 2.1 mi
- Dobe Spring: 2.7 mi
Museums: 23
- Surfing Heritage and Culture Center: 9.6 mi
- Blas Aguilar Adobe: 10.8 mi
- Ocean Institute: 14.3 mi
- Pretend City Children's Museum: 15.8 mi
- Laguna Art Museum: 17.4 mi
Beaches: 19
- North Beach: 12.0 mi
- El Portal: 12.1 mi
- The Pier Beach: 12.2 mi
- T Street Beach: 12.2 mi
- Poche Beach: 12.3 mi
Nature reserves: 18
- Sylvan Meadows Multi-Use Area: 11.7 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 13.0 mi
- Trestles Wetlands Natural Preserve: 13.1 mi
- San Onofre State Beach: 13.2 mi
- Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve: 13.9 mi
Picnic sites: 12
- Old Corral Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Group Picnic #1: 9.4 mi
- Vista Point: 10.3 mi
- Goat Shed Point: 12.9 mi
- Employee Break Area: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Lion Canyon Falls: 4.8 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 5.1 mi
- Ortega Falls: 5.9 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 9.7 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 13.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Willard: 9.6 mi
- Terra Cotta: 12.0 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 14.7 mi
- Pinacate: 20.3 mi
- Leon: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 10.1 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 10.2 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Southbound): 19.7 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Northbound): 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Coyote Bluff: 11.1 mi
- San Onofre Bluff: 13.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Three Arches: 15.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Carrillo Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | NNW 346° | 1,734 m | 11.1 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | NNW 344° | 1,675 m | 11.8 mi |
| Clark | SE 139° | 1,527 m | 13.0 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | N 4° | 1,401 m | 10.2 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | N 6° | 1,373 m | 7.6 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | N 10° | 1,315 m | 9.2 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | NNW 337° | 1,211 m | 18.0 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNW 348° | 1,197 m | 14.1 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 | 16:47 |
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, 12 mi away.
- Weed's Mariposa Lily9 obs
- Palmer's grapplinghook6 obs
- Eastwood's Manzanita5 obs
- Chaparral Currant4 obs
- greenbark ceanothus4 obs
- hoaryleaf ceanothus4 obs
- many-stemmed dudleya4 obs
- seep monkeyflower4 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3938814316
Day trips start here
- San Juan Capistrano · 10 mi
- Mission Viejo · 11 mi
- San Clemente · 11 mi
- Lake Elsinore · 12 mi
- Beach Cities · 13 mi
- Laguna Hills · 13 mi
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