Artwork · California
El Cid
El Cid is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 83 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Nikigator, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
Coordinates32.73095, -117.15044
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Nikigator: 0.0 mi
- Poet and Muse: 0.0 mi
- Aztec Woman of Tehuantepec: 0.0 mi
- Solar Bird: 0.1 mi
- Bosatsu: 0.1 mi
Museums
- Mingei International Museum: 0.0 mi
- Timken Museum of Art: 0.1 mi
- San Diego Museum of Art: 0.1 mi
- Museum of Photographic Arts: 0.1 mi
- San Diego Model Railroad Museum: 0.1 mi
Attractions
- Lily Pond: 0.1 mi
- House of Mexico: 0.1 mi
- House of Panama: 0.1 mi
- House of Italy: 0.1 mi
- House of the Philippines: 0.1 mi
Parks
- Ethno-botanic Garden: 0.3 mi
- Redwood Circle: 0.4 mi
- Sefton Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Marston Point: 0.6 mi
- Tweet Street Linear Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
- Kate Sessions: 0.5 mi
- AIDS Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Waldo Waterman Monument: 0.9 mi
- Blackened Fish Taco: 1.1 mi
- Stuffed Artichokes: 1.1 mi
Peaks
- Marston Point: 0.5 mi
- Cowles Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Kwaay Paay Peak: 9.0 mi
- South Fortuna Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Pyles Peak: 9.1 mi
Gardens: 59
- Alcazar Garden: 0.1 mi
- Azalea Garden: 0.1 mi
- May S. Marcy Sculpture Court & Garden: 0.1 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 0.1 mi
- Zen Garden: 0.1 mi
Cliffs: 26
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.2 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.2 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.2 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 6.3 mi
- Swordfish Point: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 24
- Spanish Landing Beach: 3.4 mi
- Central Beach: 3.9 mi
- North Beach: 3.9 mi
- Coronado Beach: 3.9 mi
- North Beach: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves: 23
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 5.7 mi
- Northern Wildlife Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve: 6.3 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Miramar Mounds National Natural Landmark: 8.2 mi
Springs: 12
- Dog Spring: 8.7 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 10.4 mi
- La Honda Spring: 15.4 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 20.6 mi
- Rock Haven Spring: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 0.5 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 5.7 mi
- Adobe Falls: 5.7 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Ridgetop Picnic Site: 24.0 mi
- Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 24.3 mi
- Ray Love Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- El Arroyo Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of El Cid. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | E 95° | 1,139 m | 22.6 mi |
| El Cajon Mountain | ENE 56° | 1,112 m | 23.0 mi |
| Otay Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,067 m | 20.1 mi |
| El Capitan | NE 55° | 1,026 m | 22.6 mi |
| Rock Mountain | NE 55° | 996 m | 24.1 mi |
| Silverdome II | NE 54° | 970.36 m | 22.0 mi |
| Woodson Mountain | NNE 28° | 878 m | 21.8 mi |
| Sycuan Peak | E 85° | 840 m | 20.1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1436247671
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