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Blessed Mother

Blessed Mother from directly overhead

Blessed Mother is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 634 m. Cuyamaca Peak stands 1,979 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Alpine Veteran's Wall of Honor, a historic site 0.8 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.84545, -116.76597
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Alpine Community Park: 0.8 mi
  • Kumeyaay Grinding Rocks Site: 1.9 mi
  • Kumeyaay Grinding Rocks Site: 1.9 mi
  • Kumeyaay Grinding Rocks Site: 1.9 mi
  • Auren Pierce Park: 2.0 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Historic sites: 46
  • Alpine Veteran's Wall of Honor: 0.8 mi
  • Jake Porter Memorial: 6.9 mi
  • Louis A. Stezler Memorial: 8.3 mi
  • Airplane Monument: 11.5 mi
  • Cuyamaca Rancho State Park: 13.0 mi
Museums: 46
  • Alpine Historical Society: 1.7 mi
  • Barona Museum: 8.5 mi
  • Gillespie Field Annex: 11.7 mi
  • Knox House Museum: 11.9 mi
  • Allen Airways Flying Museum: 12.2 mi
Springs: 38
  • Five Willow Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Ellis Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Tule Springs: 7.1 mi
  • Carl Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Indian Head Spring: 9.5 mi
Artworks: 36
  • Magic Water Horse: 7.6 mi
  • The Big Green Box (SDG&E): 10.2 mi
  • Mariposa Lane: 16.8 mi
  • Saint Gregory the Great: 19.0 mi
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 19.0 mi
Gardens: 31
Cliffs: 21
  • Bell Bluff: 4.7 mi
  • Quarry Wall: 4.7 mi
  • TOE: 5.0 mi
  • Main Wall: 5.0 mi
  • 4-Tier West: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves: 15
  • Barnett Ranch County Preserve: 11.9 mi
  • San Diego River: 12.4 mi
  • Goodan Ranch Sycamore Canyon County Preserve: 13.3 mi
  • Dictionary Hill County Preserve: 15.5 mi
  • Proctor Valley Natural Resource Area: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Three Sisters Waterfalls: 9.9 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Mildred Falls: 12.0 mi
  • The Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Cottonwood Creek: 16.0 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Pioneer Mail Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
  • Picnic Table: 19.9 mi
  • Desert View Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
  • Desert View Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Blessed Mother. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cuyamaca PeakNE 53°1,979 m11.6 mi
Middle PeakNE 46°1,795 m13.4 mi
Japacha PeakENE 57°1,771 m11.4 mi
Stonewall PeakNE 55°1,707 m13.8 mi
Little Stonewall PeakNE 55°1,584 m14.4 mi
East MesaENE 73°1,578 m13.9 mi
Oakzanita PeakENE 75°1,530 m12.3 mi
Guatay MountainE 91°1,485 m11.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2618:59
June solstice05:4019:2319:59
September equinox06:3618:1318:45
December solstice06:4616:0816:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535356596368737673665952
Precip in3.23.72.71.20.60.10.10.10.20.61.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alpine, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13288014552

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