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Civita Community Garden

Civita Community Garden from directly overhead

Civita Community Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Civita Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.77868, -117.14721
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
  • San Diego Gay Pride Monument: 2.1 mi
  • Historic Hillcrest Sign: 2.2 mi
  • Moved noteable tombstones: 2.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Fray Junipero Serra: 3.1 mi
Attractions
  • Animals in Action: 2.9 mi
  • Balboa Park Miniature Railroad Station: 3.0 mi
  • Balboa Park Carousel: 3.0 mi
  • San Diego Zoo Miniature Railroad: 3.1 mi
  • Panda Ridge Portal: 3.1 mi
Peaks
  • Marston Point: 3.6 mi
  • South Fortuna Mountain: 6.6 mi
  • Kwaay Paay Peak: 6.8 mi
  • North Fortuna Mountain: 6.9 mi
  • Pyles Peak: 7.0 mi
Gardens: 59
Cliffs: 26
  • Middle Earth: 6.4 mi
  • Middle Earth: 6.4 mi
  • Middle Earth: 6.4 mi
  • Limbo - Deviation: 6.5 mi
  • Limbo: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Beaches: 24
Springs: 11
  • Dog Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 10.9 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 2.9 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 10.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 20.7 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 21.0 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Civita Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainENE 64°1,112 m21.2 mi
Otay MountainSE 126°1,067 m21.7 mi
El CapitanENE 63°1,026 m20.7 mi
Rock MountainENE 61°996 m22.2 mi
Silverdome IIENE 61°970.36 m20.0 mi
Woodson MountainNNE 33°878 m18.9 mi
Sycuan PeakE 95°840 m19.9 mi
North Iron MountainNE 36°824 m18.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2420:01
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759626467727473686156
Precip in2.32.61.60.80.30.10.10.00.20.50.91.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Montgomery FLD, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard252 obs
  • House Finch238 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird221 obs
  • Mourning Dove190 obs
  • Monarch166 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk160 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk160 obs
  • Black Phoebe158 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/565569293

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