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Signal Peak

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361 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

251 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

About

Signal Peak is the highest point in the San Joaquin Hills area of Orange County, California, United States. Its elevation is 1,164 feet (355 m). The peak is visible in the southern sky in most of north Orange County, and from far southern Los Angeles County. Signal Peak overlooks the University of California, Irvine, to the north and Crystal Cove State Park to the south and southeast. It is the first and highest peak that one encounters traveling southbound on State Route 73. It is a major two-way radio site for Orange County.

Signal Peak also serves as a visual reporting checkpoint for incoming private aircraft from the south, inbound to land at John Wayne Airport.

There's a trail leading to the summit.

By elevation Signal Peak is

# 22 out of 41 in Orange County

By prominence Signal Peak is

# 4 out of 41 in Orange County