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Chiquito Spring

Chiquito Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Chiquito Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 836 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is New Sugarloaf, a peak 1.0 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
836 m
Getting there

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Coordinates33.63839, -117.47081
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • McVicker Park: 5.4 mi
  • Dove Canyon Community Park: 5.6 mi
  • Trabuco Highlands Central Park: 5.6 mi
  • Oak Tree Park: 5.7 mi
  • Lincoln Street Park: 5.8 mi
Attractions
  • Trabuco Fliers Club: 5.9 mi
  • Firebase Airsoft Field: 7.2 mi
  • Babylon Paintball Field: 7.2 mi
  • Concrete Pipes Paintball Field: 7.2 mi
  • Somalia Paintball Field: 7.3 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • Peace Obelisk: 10.6 mi
  • Bird Houses: 13.4 mi
  • Made In OC: 14.6 mi
  • The Pacific Promise: 15.4 mi
  • Folded Circle Three Rings: 15.9 mi
Museums: 39
Springs: 33
Nature reserves: 31
Beaches: 19
  • Poche Beach: 17.0 mi
  • South Day Use Beach: 17.1 mi
  • North Beach: 17.1 mi
  • Group Campsite: 17.1 mi
  • El Portal: 17.2 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Group Picnic #1: 7.6 mi
  • Vista Point: 8.0 mi
  • Old Corral Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
  • Goat Shed Point: 9.6 mi
  • Covered Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
Waterfalls: 9
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 18.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Chiquito Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakNW 324°1,734 m6.2 mi
Modjeska PeakNW 323°1,675 m7.0 mi
ClarkSSE 154°1,527 m17.3 mi
Trabuco PeakN 357°1,401 m4.4 mi
Los Pinos PeakN 359°1,373 m1.8 mi
Horsethief PeakNNE 12°1,315 m3.4 mi
Pleasants PeakNW 324°1,211 m13.4 mi
Bald PeakNNW 335°1,197 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:02
June solstice05:4119:2720:04
September equinox06:3918:1518:48
December solstice06:5116:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545559636874808177696053
Precip in3.02.81.50.50.20.10.20.10.20.50.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elsinore, 8 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs4.514.216.98.10.80.10.00.00.00.00.00.0

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Temescal C A Corona LK NR Corona CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Felt Paintbrush74 obs
  • chaparral yucca72 obs
  • Coahuila frasera72 obs
  • white sage63 obs
  • coast live oak59 obs
  • Splendid Mariposa Lily59 obs
  • lanceleaf liveforever52 obs
  • White Globe Lily49 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/3938814317

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