Bow Wave
Bow Wave is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Civic Center Plaza, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Civic Center Plaza: 0.0 mi
- Horton Plaza Park: 0.2 mi
- Pantoja Park: 0.4 mi
- Amici Park: 0.4 mi
- Piazza della Famiglia: 0.5 mi
- Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo's discovery of San Diego Bay in 1542: 0.0 mi
- Excalibur (1976): 0.3 mi
- Pacific Soul: 0.5 mi
- Bum: 0.5 mi
- Greyfriars Bobby: 0.5 mi
- Alonzo Horton: 0.2 mi
- Pete Wilson: 0.2 mi
- Ernest Hahn: 0.2 mi
- Blackened Fish Taco: 0.4 mi
- Stuffed Artichokes: 0.4 mi
- Little Italy: 0.3 mi
- Little Italy Sign: 0.5 mi
- Star of India: 0.6 mi
- USS Dolphin: 0.7 mi
- HMS Surprise: 0.7 mi
- Navy SEAL Museum San Diego: 0.4 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art: 0.4 mi
- Firehouse Museum: 0.4 mi
- The New Children's Museum: 0.5 mi
- Gaslamp Museum at the Davis-Horton House: 0.5 mi
- Phil Swing Memorial Garden: 0.1 mi
- The Chuang Garden: 0.6 mi
- Kate O. Sessions Cactus Garden: 0.9 mi
- Founder's Plaza: 1.0 mi
- Bonsai Exhibit: 1.1 mi
- Marston Point: 0.7 mi
- La Jolla Mesa: 9.4 mi
- Dictionary Hill: 9.9 mi
- Soledad Mountain: 9.9 mi
- Cowles Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 5.4 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 5.4 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 5.5 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 5.6 mi
- Swordfish Point: 5.6 mi
- Central Beach: 2.7 mi
- Coronado Beach: 2.8 mi
- North Beach: 2.8 mi
- North Beach: 2.8 mi
- Spanish Landing Beach: 2.8 mi
- Northern Wildlife Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve: 6.5 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 6.8 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Miramar Mounds National Natural Landmark: 9.1 mi
- Dog Spring: 9.9 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 11.2 mi
- La Honda Spring: 16.1 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 21.0 mi
- Rock Haven Spring: 22.3 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 1.5 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 6.8 mi
- Adobe Falls: 6.9 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 14.5 mi
- Ridgetop Picnic Site: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bow Wave. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | E 93° | 1,139 m | 23.2 mi |
| El Cajon Mountain | NE 56° | 1,112 m | 24.1 mi |
| Otay Mountain | ESE 115° | 1,067 m | 20.4 mi |
| El Capitan | NE 55° | 1,026 m | 23.7 mi |
| Silverdome II | NE 53° | 970.36 m | 23.1 mi |
| Woodson Mountain | NNE 29° | 878 m | 23.0 mi |
| Sycuan Peak | E 83° | 840 m | 20.9 mi |
| North Iron Mountain | NNE 32° | 824 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:24 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:10 | 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 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 65 | 67 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 68 | 63 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Intl AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/612050233
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