Los Chinos Spring
Los Chinos Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 667 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Carrillo Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sitton Peak: 3.6 mi
- New Sugarloaf: 5.5 mi
- Sugarloaf: 5.8 mi
- Miller Mountain: 6.2 mi
- San Mateo Peak: 7.6 mi
- Boulder Pond & Playground: 6.0 mi
- The Campout: 6.4 mi
- Rancho Mission Viejo Ecological Reserve: 6.6 mi
- Esencia Green: 6.6 mi
- Pavillion Park: 6.7 mi
- Trabuco and Holy Jim cabin Owners' Improvement Association: 9.2 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 10.4 mi
- The Great Stone Church: 10.7 mi
- San Juan Capistrano Veterans Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Reikers Point: 10.8 mi
- Trabuco Fliers Club: 9.6 mi
- Mission San Juan Capistrano: 10.7 mi
- Skydive Elsinore: 12.3 mi
- Historic Downtown Lake Elsinore: 12.4 mi
- Rancho Santa Rosa Historic Area: 12.5 mi
- Bird Houses: 9.5 mi
- Peace Obelisk: 10.4 mi
- Made In OC: 10.7 mi
- The Pacific Promise: 14.4 mi
- Marie Curie: 14.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.5 mi
- Niguel Botanical Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Garden Center 1: 15.0 mi
- Prayer Garden: 17.8 mi
- Grand Tradition: 18.5 mi
- Carrillo Spring: 0.7 mi
- Quail Spring: 1.0 mi
- Fox Spring: 1.6 mi
- Dobe Spring: 2.0 mi
- Serrano Spring: 2.2 mi
- Surfing Heritage and Culture Center: 9.2 mi
- Blas Aguilar Adobe: 10.7 mi
- Ocean Institute: 14.1 mi
- Pretend City Children's Museum: 16.1 mi
- Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society: 17.5 mi
- North Beach: 11.7 mi
- El Portal: 11.7 mi
- The Pier Beach: 11.7 mi
- T Street Beach: 11.8 mi
- Poche Beach: 12.0 mi
- Sylvan Meadows Multi-Use Area: 11.5 mi
- Trestles Wetlands Natural Preserve: 12.5 mi
- San Onofre State Beach: 12.6 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 13.6 mi
- Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve: 13.7 mi
- Old Corral Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Group Picnic #1: 10.0 mi
- Vista Point: 10.9 mi
- Goat Shed Point: 13.6 mi
- Employee Break Area: 19.0 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 5.0 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 5.4 mi
- Ortega Falls: 6.4 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 10.4 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 13.7 mi
- Willard: 10.0 mi
- Terra Cotta: 12.6 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 15.4 mi
- Pinacate: 20.7 mi
- Leon: 22.3 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 9.7 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 9.7 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Southbound): 19.0 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Northbound): 19.3 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 10.8 mi
- San Onofre Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Three Arches: 15.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Los Chinos 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 | 11.7 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | NNW 344° | 1,675 m | 12.5 mi |
| Clark | SE 137° | 1,527 m | 12.4 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | N 3° | 1,401 m | 10.8 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | N 5° | 1,373 m | 8.3 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | N 9° | 1,315 m | 9.9 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | NNW 338° | 1,211 m | 18.7 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNW 348° | 1,197 m | 14.8 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, 13 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Mar — fullest in Feb, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 5.2 | 13.9 | 8.4 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.8 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Cristianitos C AB San Mateo C NR San Clemente CA, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Weed's Mariposa Lily13 obs
- Sticky Dudleya6 obs
- many-stemmed dudleya5 obs
- Palmer's grapplinghook5 obs
- hoaryleaf ceanothus4 obs
- Toyon3 obs
- Vinegar Weed3 obs
- Chaparral Currant3 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/3938814327
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
- Dana Point · 13 mi
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