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Fern Garden

Fern Garden from directly overhead

Fern Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Historical Archaeology and Maya Research (HAMR) Lab, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates32.77747, -117.07175
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Mediterranean Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Van Niekerk Quad: 0.1 mi
  • Faculty Staff Club outside patio.: 0.1 mi
  • Campanile Park: 0.1 mi
  • Parking Box for Digital Permits: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
Artworks
  • Mariposa Lane: 4.5 mi
  • Ronald McDonald: 4.8 mi
  • Multiple: 4.8 mi
  • Il Occhiolino: 5.2 mi
  • Untitled Heads: 5.3 mi
Gardens: 59
Cliffs: 27
  • Middle Earth: 3.4 mi
  • Middle Earth: 3.5 mi
  • Middle Earth: 3.5 mi
  • Limbo - Deviation: 3.5 mi
  • Limbo: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Beaches: 24
Springs: 15
  • Dog Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 6.9 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 18.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Adobe Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 5.4 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 12.0 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 20.6 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Fern Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakESE 106°1,139 m18.7 mi
El Cajon MountainENE 57°1,112 m17.4 mi
Otay MountainSE 134°1,067 m18.3 mi
El CapitanNE 56°1,026 m17.0 mi
Rock MountainNE 55°996 m18.5 mi
Silverdome IINE 54°970.36 m16.4 mi
Woodson MountainNNE 20°878 m17.0 mi
Sycuan PeakE 96°840 m15.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2420:00
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard1,054 obs
  • Western Honey Bee467 obs
  • Mallard456 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird363 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard345 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle337 obs
  • Monarch333 obs
  • Mourning Dove286 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/584239185

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