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East Ocean Air Greenbelt

East Ocean Air Greenbelt from directly overhead

East Ocean Air Greenbelt is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is El Cuervo Adobe, a historic site 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of San Diego
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.91286, -117.21721
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Coast View Park: 0.5 mi
  • Manorgate Pocket Park: 0.7 mi
  • Carmel Country Highlands Community Park: 0.8 mi
  • Torrey Hills Pocket Park: 0.9 mi
  • Ocean Air Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Carmel Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Red Butte: 2.2 mi
  • Del Mar Mesa: 2.8 mi
  • Soledad Mountain: 5.4 mi
  • Kearny Mesa: 6.1 mi
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 1.5 mi
  • UCHS Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Live Well San Diego Demonstration Garden: 7.4 mi
Attractions
Museums
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 27
Cliffs: 25
  • Del Mar Bluff: 3.7 mi
  • Thumb: 11.3 mi
  • Main Area: 11.4 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 11.4 mi
  • The Underworld: 11.4 mi
Springs: 9
  • Dog Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 19.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 12.4 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 14.3 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 2.5 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 12.7 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of East Ocean Air Greenbelt. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainENE 65°878 m15.7 mi
North Iron MountainENE 70°824 m15.9 mi
Iron MountainENE 75°818 m15.7 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE 72°802 m16.3 mi
Middle SummitENE 72°790 m16.0 mi
Mount EllieENE 71°743.712 m15.6 mi
Wildwood MountainENE 74°725.424 m16.6 mi
SilverdomeE 89°724 m20.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:01
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 °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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • lemonade berry297 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard293 obs
  • Thick-leaved Yerba Santa290 obs
  • red bush monkeyflower281 obs
  • mission manzanita280 obs
  • black sage248 obs
  • California Buckwheat244 obs
  • Buffalo Gourd235 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/1435552309

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