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Rigors of Flight

Rigors of Flight from directly overhead

Rigors of Flight is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Tecate Peak stands 1,184 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Sweetwater Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates32.63415, -117.10538

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers: 3.2 mi
  • Chopper, The Navy Seal Dog: 3.9 mi
  • Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument: 4.2 mi
  • Montgomery Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • El Camino Real Bell: 5.5 mi
Attractions
  • San Diego Convention Center: 6.0 mi
  • Sign Welcome to Gaslamp Quarter: 6.0 mi
  • Big Bird's Rambling River: 6.3 mi
  • Games of Skill: 6.4 mi
  • Sesame Street Neighborhood: 6.4 mi
Peaks: 48
Gardens: 38
Cliffs: 26
  • South Rim: 7.9 mi
  • Point Loma: 8.2 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 10.4 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 10.4 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 22
Nature reserves: 18
Springs: 9
  • Sweetwater Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Dog Spring: 13.3 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Echo Spring: 19.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 7.6 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 20.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rigors of Flight. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tecate PeakE 99°1,184 m24.5 mi
Gaskill PeakENE 72°1,157 m23.7 mi
Lyons PeakENE 77°1,139 m20.4 mi
Lawson PeakENE 74°1,099 m23.0 mi
Otay MountainE 100°1,067 m15.4 mi
Elena MountainE 80°1,015 m22.2 mi
White MountainE 88°989 m22.6 mi
Barber MountainE 81°985 m23.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4219:2420:00
September equinox06:3718:1418:47
December solstice06:4716:1016:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575859616366707171676156
Precip in1.82.31.40.70.30.00.10.00.10.40.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chula Vista, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13003592819

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