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Alta Vista Gardens

Alta Vista Gardens from directly overhead

Alta Vista Gardens is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Clark stands 1,527 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Brengle Terrace Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates33.21017, -117.21937
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks
  • Giant Chicken: 6.5 mi
  • Rockwell Steps: 7.5 mi
  • Wired Circle: 7.6 mi
  • Lego Statue of Liberty: 7.8 mi
  • Lego Mt. Rushmore: 7.8 mi
Gardens: 51
Historic sites: 42
Museums: 38
  • Vista Historical Society: 1.0 mi
  • D - Harvester Barn: 2.3 mi
  • B - California Barn (Wagon Exhibit): 2.3 mi
  • C - Assembly Building: 2.3 mi
  • G - Blacksmith/Wheelwright Shop: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves: 26
Springs: 15
  • Indian Rock Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Pechanga Hot Springs: 18.9 mi
  • Bear Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Mud Springs: 19.9 mi
Beaches: 11
Picnic sites: 8
  • Rotary Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 10.2 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • El Salto Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 16.5 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 19.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Alta Vista Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ClarkNNW 334°1,527 m15.6 mi
Rodriguez MountainE 85°1,183 m18.4 mi
PatrolN 351°884 m13.2 mi
Paradise MountainE 93°710 m16.6 mi
Rocky PeakNNW 335°701 m18.6 mi
Mount OlympusNNE 26°667 m15.4 mi
Starvation MountainSE 129°641 m17.2 mi
Pala MountainNE 48°636 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4119:2520:02
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4916:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565658606367717271666055
Precip in2.93.12.11.00.40.10.10.00.20.61.11.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vista, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee88 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard66 obs
  • Arizona Mantis47 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk43 obs
  • Monarch38 obs
  • Mourning Cloak33 obs
  • Common Pill Woodlouse29 obs
  • castor bean28 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/597177626

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