Artwork · California
Oculus
Oculus is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Tecate Peak stands 1,184 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Sweetwater Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- concrete
How to reach it
Coordinates32.63699, -117.10496
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Sweetwater Park: 0.2 mi
- Bay Boulevard Park: 0.3 mi
- Pepper Park: 1.0 mi
- Chula Vista Bayfront Park: 1.1 mi
- Eucalyptus Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
- Rigors of Flight: 0.2 mi
- Sheltering Wings: 1.7 mi
- Mutt’Tipi—People of the Earth: 4.0 mi
- The Spirit of Imperial Beach Statue: 4.0 mi
- Sea and Sky: 4.0 mi
Museums
- San Diego Electric Railway Association & National City Depot Museum: 1.6 mi
- Museum of American Treasures: 3.3 mi
- Bonita Museum & Cultural Center: 4.4 mi
- Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center: 4.9 mi
- Women's Museum of California Education Center: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
- Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers: 3.4 mi
- Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument: 4.1 mi
- Chopper, The Navy Seal Dog: 4.1 mi
- Montgomery Memorial: 4.5 mi
- El Camino Real Bell: 5.4 mi
Attractions
- San Diego Convention Center: 5.8 mi
- Sign Welcome to Gaslamp Quarter: 5.8 mi
- Mistletoe: 6.3 mi
- Big Bird's Rambling River: 6.4 mi
- Games of Skill: 6.4 mi
Peaks: 50
- Spooners Mesa: 6.8 mi
- Gobblers Knob: 6.9 mi
- Marston Point: 7.0 mi
- Rock Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Mother Miguel Mountain: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 38
- The Garden: 5.2 mi
- Tijuana River Valley Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- The Chuang Garden: 6.0 mi
- Phil Swing Memorial Garden: 6.5 mi
- Water Conservation Garden: 6.6 mi
Cliffs: 26
- South Rim: 8.0 mi
- Point Loma: 8.2 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 10.3 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 10.4 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 22
- Coronado Shores Beach: 4.9 mi
- North Beach: 5.3 mi
- Coronado Beach: 5.7 mi
- Central Beach: 5.8 mi
- North Beach: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves: 18
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve: 5.7 mi
- Dictionary Hill County Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Proctor Valley Natural Resource Area: 10.0 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 10.1 mi
Springs: 9
- Sweetwater Spring: 9.9 mi
- Dog Spring: 13.1 mi
- La Honda Spring: 14.1 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 16.8 mi
- Echo Spring: 19.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 7.5 mi
- Adobe Falls: 10.1 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 10.1 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oculus. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tecate Peak | E 99° | 1,184 m | 24.5 mi |
| Gaskill Peak | ENE 73° | 1,157 m | 23.7 mi |
| Lyons Peak | ENE 77° | 1,139 m | 20.4 mi |
| Lawson Peak | ENE 74° | 1,099 m | 22.9 mi |
| Otay Mountain | E 101° | 1,067 m | 15.4 mi |
| Elena Mountain | E 80° | 1,015 m | 22.2 mi |
| White Mountain | E 89° | 989 m | 22.5 mi |
| Barber Mountain | E 81° | 985 m | 23.0 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 | 19:24 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| 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 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 66 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 67 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chula Vista, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13003592820
Day trips start here
- Chula Vista · 3 mi
- La Mesa · 10 mi
- El Cajon · 14 mi
- Poway · 23 mi
- Encinitas · 30 mi
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