Historic Dam
Historic Dam is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 140 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Peak, a peak 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 30 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 5 Foot
How to reach it
- 29.9 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Peak: 0.2 mi
- Robbers Peak: 1.0 mi
- Red Hill: 5.1 mi
- Scully Hill: 6.7 mi
- Andersen Bump: 6.8 mi
- Fred Barrera Park: 0.7 mi
- Serrano Park: 0.8 mi
- Oak Park: 1.4 mi
- Broadmoor Park: 1.4 mi
- Irvine Regional Park: 1.7 mi
- Frederick Douglass: 1.6 mi
- Sally Ride: 1.7 mi
- Santiago Canyon College Foundation: 1.7 mi
- César Chávez: 1.7 mi
- Dolores Huerta: 1.7 mi
- Ayaz Yusuf Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Vázquez Promenade: 1.7 mi
- Hangmans Tree: 4.4 mi
- Autonetics Monument: 5.2 mi
- Richard and Pat Nixon Memorial Garden: 5.5 mi
- Ramon Peralta Adobe and Museum: 2.6 mi
- City of Orange Historic Fire Museum: 4.8 mi
- Hilbert Museum of California Art: 5.3 mi
- Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum: 5.5 mi
- Tustin Historical Society: 6.1 mi
- Castle Peak and Thunder Railroad: 3.2 mi
- Discovery Cube: 6.5 mi
- Redwood Grove: 7.6 mi
- Autopia: 8.3 mi
- Grand Canyon Diorama: 8.3 mi
- Bamboo Garden: 1.7 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 1.7 mi
- East Anaheim Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- First Lady's Garden: 5.5 mi
- One Seed Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Cerro Villa Park: 1.1 mi
- Oak Canyon Nature Center: 1.6 mi
- Pelanconi Park: 2.4 mi
- Deer Canyon Park Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Peters Canyon Regional Park: 3.6 mi
- Falcon Flats Group Area: 1.6 mi
- Squirrel Square Group Area: 2.0 mi
- Deer Den Group Area: 2.1 mi
- Coyote Corner Group Area: 2.4 mi
- Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Horsetrough Spring: 7.0 mi
- McDermont Spring: 7.4 mi
- Dripping Springs: 7.9 mi
- Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 8.9 mi
- Mustang Spring: 8.9 mi
- North Star Beach: 15.2 mi
- Newport Dunes: 15.7 mi
- China Cove Beach: 16.5 mi
- Edgewater: 16.6 mi
- Balboa Beach: 16.9 mi
- Black Star Canyon Falls: 6.8 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 8.5 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 8.6 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 8.6 mi
- Washout Falls: 8.6 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 16.5 mi
- Terra Cotta: 24.2 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 13.6 mi
- Three Arches: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Historic Dam. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | ESE 119° | 1,734 m | 15.6 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | ESE 118° | 1,675 m | 14.8 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | ESE 115° | 1,401 m | 18.8 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | ESE 122° | 1,373 m | 20.3 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | ESE 117° | 1,315 m | 20.2 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | E 100° | 1,211 m | 9.6 mi |
| Bald Peak | ESE 108° | 1,197 m | 14.2 mi |
| Bedford Peak | ESE 108° | 1,161 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:29 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 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 | 60 | 60 | 63 | 65 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 65 | 59 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anaheim, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Mar — fullest in Feb, leanest in Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 8.4 | 30.0 | 14.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Santiago C A Santa Ana CA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2078841765
Day trips start here
- Anaheim Hills · 2 mi
- Orange · 3 mi
- Yorba Linda · 5 mi
- Inland Cities · 6 mi
- Placentia · 6 mi
- Tustin · 6 mi
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