Firefighter Sculpture
Firefighter Sculpture is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Tecate Peak stands 1,184 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Firehouse Mini Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Commissioned for the citizens of San Diego through the City of San Diego Fire-Rescue and Engineering and Capital Projects Departments and the Commission for Arts and Culture
What the record says
- Material
- steel
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Firehouse Mini Park: 0.0 mi
- San Ysidro Community Park: 0.2 mi
- Larsen Field: 0.5 mi
- Beyer Park: 0.6 mi
- San Ysidro Community Activity Center: 0.8 mi
- Compass: 0.2 mi
- Tree of Life: 0.2 mi
- El Movimiento: 0.4 mi
- Pasaje: 0.4 mi
- Picadillo Folklorico: 0.4 mi
- San Ysidro Massacre Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Montgomery Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers: 4.2 mi
- Chopper, The Navy Seal Dog: 4.3 mi
- Olympic Flame: 8.3 mi
- Las Americas Premium Outlets: 0.7 mi
- Rosita's Harmony Hills: 3.1 mi
- Games of Skill: 3.1 mi
- Dance Party: 3.1 mi
- Big Bird's Rambling River: 3.2 mi
- Bonita Museum & Cultural Center: 7.5 mi
- San Diego Electric Railway Association & National City Depot Museum: 8.3 mi
- Museum of American Treasures: 9.4 mi
- Women's Museum of California Education Center: 11.0 mi
- Ice House Museum: 11.6 mi
- Spooners Mesa: 2.8 mi
- Rock Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Otay Mesa: 6.5 mi
- Gobblers Knob: 8.6 mi
- Tin Can Hill: 9.1 mi
- Tijuana River Valley Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Jardin Estacionamiento Aeropuerto: 4.4 mi
- Strata Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- The Garden: 11.6 mi
- The Chuang Garden: 12.7 mi
- Coronado Shores Beach: 11.3 mi
- North Beach: 11.7 mi
- Coronado Beach: 12.0 mi
- Central Beach: 12.1 mi
- North Beach: 12.5 mi
- South Rim: 1.9 mi
- Point Loma: 13.8 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 16.5 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 16.6 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 17.0 mi
- Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve: 4.4 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Proctor Valley Natural Resource Area: 9.8 mi
- Dictionary Hill County Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 15.8 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 12.7 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 14.4 mi
- La Honda Spring: 15.0 mi
- Lupe Spring: 16.4 mi
- Donohoe Spring: 16.4 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 14.1 mi
- Adobe Falls: 15.7 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Firefighter Sculpture. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tecate Peak | E 85° | 1,184 m | 21.0 mi |
| Gaskill Peak | ENE 56° | 1,157 m | 23.1 mi |
| Lyons Peak | ENE 58° | 1,139 m | 19.4 mi |
| Lawson Peak | ENE 57° | 1,099 m | 22.2 mi |
| Otay Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,067 m | 12.1 mi |
| Elena Mountain | ENE 63° | 1,015 m | 20.8 mi |
| Potrero Peak | E 79° | 999 m | 24.5 mi |
| White Mountain | ENE 72° | 989 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:14 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 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 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 66 | 60 | 55 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Brown FLD, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12159566063
Day trips start here
- Chula Vista · 5 mi
- La Mesa · 15 mi
- El Cajon · 18 mi
- Poway · 28 mi
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