Old International Border Marker 255
Old International Border Marker 255 is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Tecate Peak stands 1,184 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Mis Marcadores, a artwork 0.1 miles away. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Stone that used to mark the border between US and Mexico. Boundary was determined by joint commission after the 1848 US-Mexican War. This is one of 258 markers along the 1,989 mile border. A flood in the late 1800s washed away marker 255.
What the record says
- Material
- granite
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mis Marcadores: 0.1 mi
- México: 0.2 mi
- About Time: 0.4 mi
- Compass: 1.1 mi
- Tree of Life: 1.1 mi
- Parque Mexico: 0.5 mi
- Larsen Field: 0.9 mi
- Beyer Park: 0.9 mi
- San Ysidro Community Park: 1.1 mi
- Firehouse Mini Park: 1.2 mi
- Las Americas Premium Outlets: 0.6 mi
- Rosita's Harmony Hills: 3.1 mi
- Games of Skill: 3.1 mi
- Dance Party: 3.2 mi
- TIJUANA: 3.2 mi
- San Ysidro Massacre Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Montgomery Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers: 5.4 mi
- Chopper, The Navy Seal Dog: 5.5 mi
- Olympic Flame: 8.0 mi
- Bonita Museum & Cultural Center: 8.1 mi
- San Diego Electric Railway Association & National City Depot Museum: 9.3 mi
- Museum of American Treasures: 10.3 mi
- Women's Museum of California Education Center: 11.8 mi
- Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center: 12.6 mi
- Spooners Mesa: 3.6 mi
- Rock Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Otay Mesa: 5.6 mi
- Tin Can Hill: 8.2 mi
- Gobblers Knob: 8.9 mi
- Tijuana River Valley Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Jardin Estacionamiento Aeropuerto: 3.3 mi
- Strata Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- The Garden: 12.8 mi
- Lemon Grove Community Garden: 13.5 mi
- South Rim: 0.9 mi
- Point Loma: 14.9 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 17.6 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 17.7 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 18.2 mi
- Coronado Shores Beach: 12.4 mi
- North Beach: 12.8 mi
- Coronado Beach: 13.2 mi
- Central Beach: 13.3 mi
- North Beach: 13.6 mi
- Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve: 5.4 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Proctor Valley Natural Resource Area: 9.6 mi
- Dictionary Hill County Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 16.5 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 13.0 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 13.7 mi
- La Honda Spring: 14.9 mi
- Lupe Spring: 15.5 mi
- Donohoe Spring: 15.6 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 15.1 mi
- Adobe Falls: 16.4 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old International Border Marker 255. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tecate Peak | E 83° | 1,184 m | 20.0 mi |
| Gaskill Peak | NE 54° | 1,157 m | 22.7 mi |
| Lyons Peak | NE 55° | 1,139 m | 18.9 mi |
| Lawson Peak | NE 55° | 1,099 m | 21.7 mi |
| Otay Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,067 m | 11.3 mi |
| Elena Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,015 m | 20.2 mi |
| Potrero Peak | ENE 77° | 999 m | 23.6 mi |
| White Mountain | ENE 69° | 989 m | 19.4 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 | 19:59 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:14 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 16:10 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Tijuana).
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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8713649042
Day trips start here
- Chula Vista · 6 mi
- La Mesa · 16 mi
- El Cajon · 18 mi
- Poway · 29 mi
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