Trabuco Peak

{{Short description|Stream in the American state of California}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Trabuco Peak

| photo = Trabuco Peak photo D Ramey Logan.jpg

| photo_caption = Trabuco Peak

| other_name =

| photo_size =

| photo_alt =

| elevation_ft = 4607

| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite peakbagger |pid=1437 |name=Trabuco Peak, California |accessdate=2014-03-08}}

| prominence_ft = 817

| prominence_ref =

| listing = Sierra Club Lower Peaks Section

| range = Santa Ana Mountains

| parent_peak = Santiago Peak

| location = Orange/Riverside Counties, California

| map = California#USA

| map_caption = Location in California

| map_size = 240

| label_position = below

| coordinates = {{coord|33.702242|N|117.4750446|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| topo = USGS Alberhill

| easiest_route = Hike

}}

Trabuco Peak is a {{convert|4607|ft|adj=on}} summit in the Santa Ana Mountains on the border of Orange and Riverside Counties, California, about halfway between Rancho Santa Margarita and Lake Elsinore.{{cite gnis|id=274177|name=Trabuco Peak|entrydate=1981-01-19|accessdate=2013-12-14}} The mountain sits on the divide between Arroyo Trabuco (Trabuco Canyon) on the west and the Temescal Creek valley on the east. Situated in the Cleveland National Forest, it is the highest summit in the Santa Anas south of Santiago Peak.{{cite map

|publisher=ACME Mapper

|title=USGS Topo Maps for United States

|year=

|cartography=United States Geological Survey

|accessdate=2013-12-14

|url=http://mapper.acme.com/}}{{cite web

|author=Wood, Alex

|url=http://www.summitpost.org/trabuco-peak/507606

|title=Trabuco Peak

|publisher=SummitPost

|date=2010-02-08

|accessdate=2013-12-14}}

The main trails providing access to the peak, the West Horsethief and Holy Jim trails, both begin at the bottom of Trabuco Canyon. The Main Divide Road, a fire road, also passes close to the peak.