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Odyssey III

Odyssey III from directly overhead

Odyssey III is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Solar Bird, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Built
2016-02-11
Material
aluminium
Inscription
The San Diego Museum of Art: museum purchase with matching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1974. Installation sponsored by The Paul Bechtner Foundation and Helen W. and Webster B. Kinnaird.
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates32.73199, -117.15022
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Parks
  • Ethno-botanic Garden: 0.4 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: 0.6 mi
  • Cowles Mountain: 8.9 mi
  • Kwaay Paay Peak: 9.0 mi
  • South Fortuna Mountain: 9.0 mi
  • Pyles Peak: 9.1 mi
Gardens: 59
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
Nature reserves: 23
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: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 0.4 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: 24.2 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Odyssey III. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakE 95°1,139 m22.6 mi
El Cajon MountainENE 57°1,112 m23.0 mi
Otay MountainESE 118°1,067 m20.2 mi
El CapitanNE 56°1,026 m22.6 mi
Rock MountainNE 55°996 m24.1 mi
Silverdome IINE 54°970.36 m21.9 mi
Woodson MountainNNE 29°878 m21.8 mi
Sycuan PeakE 85°840 m20.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

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).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13370648801

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