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Growing Home

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Elevation, modelled
7 m
Tallest summit within 24.9 miles
Lyons Peak1,139 m · 22.7 mi
Sunset, June solstice
20:00local time
Coordinates
32.7073, -117.1546
Growing Home from directly overhead

Growing Home is a artwork in California, at a modelled 7 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Statue of Tony Gwynn, a artwork 0.2 miles away.

Growing Home tells the history of San Diego. The text is arranged in bands that begin with the oldest prehistory at the top. A marine mollusk grows by adding successive bands of shell to its opening and it always carries its entire history with it. In the

Material
steel

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of Growing Home. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakE 91°1,139 m22.7 mi
El Cajon MountainNE 53°1,112 m24.1 mi
Lawson PeakE 87°1,099 m24.9 mi
Otay MountainESE 113°1,067 m19.6 mi
El CapitanNE 52°1,026 m23.8 mi
Elena MountainE 93°1,015 m24.8 mi
Silverdome IINE 51°970.36 m23.2 mi
Mother Grundy PeakE 99°927 m24.4 mi

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 26
Beaches: 24
Springs: 9
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2420:00
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585961636567717272686358
Precip in2.02.21.50.60.30.00.10.00.10.50.81.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Intl AP, 3 mi away.

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