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The Reading Girl

The Reading Girl from directly overhead

The Reading Girl is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 77 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Carmel Creek Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
1993
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.95234, -117.23096
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Carmel Creek Park: 0.4 mi
  • Windwood Park: 0.4 mi
  • Solana Highlands Park: 0.5 mi
  • Carmel Mission Park: 0.6 mi
  • Carmel Grove Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Martian Mountains: 1.6 mi
  • Sycamore crossing: 3.3 mi
  • Annie's Canyon: 4.1 mi
  • S.S. Encinitas: 7.3 mi
  • S.S. Moonlight: 7.3 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Gardens
  • East Ocean Air Greenbelt: 2.8 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 4.2 mi
  • UCHS Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 7.2 mi
Museums
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 26
Cliffs: 25
  • Del Mar Bluff: 2.0 mi
  • Thumb: 13.6 mi
  • Main Area: 13.6 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 13.6 mi
  • The Underworld: 13.6 mi
Springs: 8
  • Dog Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 19.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 10.3 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 12.9 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 3.6 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 15.5 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of The Reading Girl. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainENE 75°878 m15.6 mi
North Iron MountainE 80°824 m16.0 mi
Iron MountainE 85°818 m16.0 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakE 82°802 m16.4 mi
Middle SummitE 82°790 m16.2 mi
Mount EllieE 81°743.712 m15.7 mi
Wildwood MountainE 83°725.424 m16.8 mi
Peak 2245E 83°684 m15.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:01
September equinox06:3818:1518:47
December solstice06:4916:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575859616468727472686256
Precip in2.32.71.60.80.30.10.10.00.10.60.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Miramar NAS, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13164299519

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