Ortega Falls
Ortega Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 644 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sail Rock, a peak 1.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Height
- 10.6 m
What to expect
- Seasonal
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sail Rock: 1.4 mi
- Pete's Peak: 1.5 mi
- Sitton Peak: 2.9 mi
- San Mateo Peak: 2.9 mi
- New Sugarloaf: 3.0 mi
- Lakeland Village Community Center: 3.8 mi
- McVicker Park: 4.5 mi
- Lake Elsinore Recreation Area: 4.6 mi
- Lincoln Street Park: 4.7 mi
- Big Ness park: 4.7 mi
- Historic Downtown Lake Elsinore: 6.5 mi
- Firebase Airsoft Field: 7.2 mi
- Babylon Paintball Field: 7.2 mi
- Concrete Pipes Paintball Field: 7.2 mi
- Somalia Paintball Field: 7.2 mi
- Trabuco and Holy Jim cabin Owners' Improvement Association: 6.2 mi
- Wildomar Elementary School Historic Bell: 9.1 mi
- Site of the Third Serrano Adobe: 11.0 mi
- Tanning Vats: 11.0 mi
- Serrano Tanning Vats: 11.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 10.2 mi
- Prayer Garden: 14.7 mi
- School Garden: 15.3 mi
- Student Gardens: 16.8 mi
- Botanical Wedding Garden: 17.4 mi
- Peace Obelisk: 12.9 mi
- Ram Head: 13.8 mi
- Bird Houses: 14.8 mi
- Made In OC: 16.0 mi
- The Pacific Promise: 17.6 mi
- Pigeon Spring: 2.5 mi
- Chiquito Spring: 2.6 mi
- Los Pinos Spring: 2.7 mi
- Lion Spring: 2.7 mi
- Fox Spring: 4.8 mi
- Southern California Railway Museum: 14.6 mi
- Surfing Heritage and Culture Center: 15.5 mi
- Dora Nelson African American Art and History Museum: 15.8 mi
- Blas Aguilar Adobe: 16.0 mi
- Perris Valley Historical Museum: 16.1 mi
- Sylvan Meadows Multi-Use Area: 10.5 mi
- Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve: 12.4 mi
- Four Seasons Preserve: 13.0 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 13.4 mi
- California Citrus State Historic Park: 18.6 mi
- North Beach: 17.9 mi
- El Portal: 18.0 mi
- Poche Beach: 18.0 mi
- The Pier Beach: 18.0 mi
- T Street Beach: 18.1 mi
- Old Corral Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Goat Shed Point: 12.1 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Employee Break Area: 17.3 mi
- Juror Patio Tables: 18.0 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 1.6 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 5.1 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 6.9 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 11.4 mi
- Black Star Canyon Falls: 17.7 mi
- Willard: 3.7 mi
- Terra Cotta: 6.1 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 10.5 mi
- Pinacate: 14.5 mi
- Leon: 18.1 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 16.1 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Southbound): 24.4 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Northbound): 24.7 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 16.7 mi
- San Onofre Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 23.0 mi
- Three Arches: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Ortega Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | NW 314° | 1,734 m | 8.5 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | NW 314° | 1,675 m | 9.3 mi |
| Clark | SSE 160° | 1,527 m | 15.5 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | NNW 333° | 1,401 m | 5.9 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | NW 317° | 1,373 m | 3.7 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | NNW 337° | 1,315 m | 4.6 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | NW 319° | 1,211 m | 15.6 mi |
| Bald Peak | NW 325° | 1,197 m | 10.9 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 | 16:46 |
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, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 36.0 | 76.8 | 58.7 | 19.1 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 7.4 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge San Jacinto R NR Elsinore CA, 8 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/6338388205
Day trips start here
- Lake Elsinore · 6 mi
- Mission Viejo · 14 mi
- Lake Forest · 15 mi
- Beach Cities · 16 mi
- Laguna Hills · 16 mi
- San Juan Capistrano · 16 mi
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