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The Water Conservation Garden

The Water Conservation Garden from directly overhead

The Water Conservation Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 109 m. Viejas Mountain stands 1,272 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage of the Americas Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.74272, -116.93958
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Heritage of the Americas Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Knox House Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Allen Airways Flying Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Gillespie Field Annex: 6.1 mi
  • Bonita Museum & Cultural Center: 7.9 mi
Parks
  • Steele Canyon County Park: 0.8 mi
  • Damon Lane County Park: 0.9 mi
  • Hilton Head Park: 0.9 mi
  • Steele Canyon Park: 1.6 mi
  • Del Parque County Park: 1.7 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • The Big Green Box (SDG&E): 4.0 mi
  • Mariposa Lane: 4.7 mi
  • Elmo, Ernie, Bert, Big Bird, Oscar, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Henry and Abby's Statue: 11.5 mi
  • Oculus: 12.1 mi
  • Rex's Roar: 12.2 mi
Attractions
  • Lemon Grove Big Lemon: 5.3 mi
  • Abby's Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Sesame Street Party Parade: 11.4 mi
  • Big Bird's Rambling River: 11.5 mi
  • Storytime: 11.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 38
Cliffs: 29
  • Middle Earth: 8.6 mi
  • Middle Earth: 8.6 mi
  • Middle Earth: 8.6 mi
  • Limbo: 8.6 mi
  • Limbo - Deviation: 8.6 mi
Springs: 24
  • Sweetwater Spring: 2.2 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Dog Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Five Willow Spring: 12.7 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Beaches: 23
Waterfalls: 8
  • Adobe Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 12.4 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 18.8 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 21.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 24.0 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of The Water Conservation Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Viejas MountainENE 57°1,272 m14.9 mi
Poser MountainENE 60°1,186 m17.7 mi
Gaskill PeakE 91°1,157 m13.0 mi
Lyons PeakESE 105°1,139 m10.6 mi
El Cajon MountainNNE 30°1,112 m13.8 mi
Lawson PeakE 95°1,099 m12.5 mi
Otay MountainSSE 152°1,067 m11.6 mi
El CapitanNNE 28°1,026 m13.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2719:00
June solstice05:4119:2320:00
September equinox06:3718:1318:46
December solstice06:4716:0916:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565760636670757775686155
Precip in2.32.61.90.80.30.10.20.00.10.51.01.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Cajon, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard462 obs
  • Western Honey Bee278 obs
  • California Buckwheat261 obs
  • California Towhee254 obs
  • Behr's Metalmark223 obs
  • House Finch187 obs
  • Yerba Mansa182 obs
  • Pacific poison oak180 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13300690489

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