Tomato Spring
Tomato Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 153 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is San Pantaleon or "Springs of Father Gomez", a historic site 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 153 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- San Pantaleon or "Springs of Father Gomez": 0.1 mi
- Portola Overlook: 0.3 mi
- Portola Overlook: 0.3 mi
- Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial: 3.5 mi
- William James Edwards. Jr.: 3.7 mi
- Tomato Springs Park: 0.2 mi
- Orchard View Park: 0.2 mi
- Ridgetop Park: 0.3 mi
- Round Canyon Park: 0.4 mi
- Discovery Park: 0.4 mi
- Great Park Carousel: 2.5 mi
- Great Park Balloon: 2.6 mi
- Old Towne Irvine: 3.2 mi
- Giant Wheel at Irvine Spectrum Center: 3.8 mi
- Bumper Boats: 7.4 mi
- Bolero Point: 3.3 mi
- Irvine Mesa: 4.6 mi
- Flores Peak: 5.2 mi
- Red Hill: 6.0 mi
- Vulture Crags: 6.2 mi
- Folded Circle Three Rings: 3.8 mi
- Orc Statue: 4.3 mi
- lily home: 5.1 mi
- Welcome to Orange County: 6.8 mi
- Peace Obelisk: 7.2 mi
- Garden Center 1: 5.6 mi
- One Seed Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 7.6 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 7.6 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 7.6 mi
- Pretend City Children's Museum: 4.1 mi
- Tustin Historical Society: 7.3 mi
- Irvine Historical Society: 7.4 mi
- Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art: 8.8 mi
- Lyon Air Museum: 9.6 mi
- Dripping Springs: 3.0 mi
- Mustang Spring: 5.8 mi
- Shrewsburg Spring: 7.0 mi
- Laurel Spring: 7.5 mi
- Ladd Canyon Spring: 9.0 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 3.5 mi
- Peters Canyon Regional Park: 6.0 mi
- William R. Mason Regional Park (wilderness area): 6.8 mi
- San Joaquin Marsh Reserve: 8.1 mi
- Cerro Villa Park: 10.0 mi
- North Star Beach: 11.7 mi
- China Cove Beach: 11.9 mi
- Newport Dunes: 12.0 mi
- Arch Beach: 12.5 mi
- Edgewater: 12.9 mi
- Goat Shed Point: 5.6 mi
- Vista Point: 6.3 mi
- Group Picnic #1: 6.9 mi
- Coyote Corner Group Area: 7.0 mi
- Deer Den Group Area: 7.2 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 7.4 mi
- Black Star Canyon Falls: 7.7 mi
- Historic Dam: 9.2 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 11.1 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 14.3 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 18.1 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 18.6 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 19.1 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 20.2 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 13.5 mi
- Willard: 19.1 mi
- Terra Cotta: 19.2 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 18.9 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Three Arches: 14.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Tomato Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | E 84° | 1,734 m | 10.1 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | E 80° | 1,675 m | 9.6 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | E 88° | 1,401 m | 13.4 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | E 99° | 1,373 m | 13.8 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | E 92° | 1,315 m | 14.4 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | NE 40° | 1,211 m | 9.1 mi |
| Bald Peak | ENE 68° | 1,197 m | 10.8 mi |
| Bedford Peak | ENE 57° | 1,161 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:28 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 59 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 71 | 64 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Irvine RCH, 2 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Mar — fullest in Jan, leanest in Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Agua Chinon Wash A Portola Springs RD NR Irvine CA, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- stinknet58 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk57 obs
- California Buckwheat54 obs
- castor bean43 obs
- Garland Daisy40 obs
- Weed's Mariposa Lily40 obs
- southern coastal bushmallow38 obs
- California brittlebush38 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/9074786679
Day trips start here
- Inland Cities · 4 mi
- Lake Forest · 4 mi
- Orange County · 4 mi
- Irvine · 5 mi
- Tustin · 6 mi
- Beach Cities · 7 mi
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