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San Diego Botanic Garden

San Diego Botanic Garden from directly overhead

San Diego Botanic Garden is a garden in California, at a recorded elevation of 79 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamilton Children's Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
1970
Elevation
79 m
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.05435, -117.28029
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens: 60
  • Hamilton Children's Garden: 0.1 mi
  • South American Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 0.1 mi
  • California Gardenscapes: 0.1 mi
  • Incredible Edibles: 0.1 mi
Attractions
  • Dancing Topiaries: 0.1 mi
  • Village: 0.2 mi
  • Seeds of Wonder: 0.2 mi
  • Miniature Railroad: 0.2 mi
  • S.S. Moonlight: 1.2 mi
Artworks
Museums
Parks
Historic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves: 27
Beaches: 23
Cliffs: 18
  • Del Mar Bluff: 7.4 mi
  • Thumb: 20.6 mi
  • Main Area: 20.6 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 20.6 mi
  • The Underworld: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Royal Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 8.4 mi
  • Rotary Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 12.7 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • El Salto Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 10.6 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 23.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • Indian Rock Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Dog Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainE 100°878 m18.2 mi
North Iron MountainESE 103°824 m19.0 mi
Iron MountainESE 107°818 m19.7 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakESE 104°802 m19.7 mi
Middle SummitESE 104°790 m19.5 mi
Mount EllieESE 104°743.712 m18.9 mi
Peak 2245ESE 105°684 m19.1 mi
Starvation MountainE 90°641 m16.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:02
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 °F565658606365697170666156
Precip in2.52.61.60.90.30.10.10.00.10.51.01.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlsbad Mcclellan Palomar AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard532 obs
  • Monarch407 obs
  • Fiery Skipper261 obs
  • Yellow-faced Bumble Bee198 obs
  • Marine Blue195 obs
  • Bat Star194 obs
  • Umber Skipper191 obs
  • Mourning Cloak184 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/32777797

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