VANC Garden
VANC Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 46 m. Clark stands 1,527 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is VANC Honor Wall, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Veterans Association of North County
- Access
- unknown
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Balderama Park: 0.2 mi
- Recreation Park: 0.3 mi
- Oceanside Dog Park: 0.9 mi
- Capistrano Park: 1.1 mi
- Pacific Street Linear Park: 1.1 mi
- GoJump Oceanside Skydiving: 1.4 mi
- Mission San Luis Rey de Francia: 3.5 mi
- Carlsbad Flower Fields: 5.9 mi
- LEGO City: Deep Sea Adventure: 6.0 mi
- Builders Guild: 6.0 mi
- Fire Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Wire Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Mount Kelly: 3.8 mi
- Stuart Mesa: 4.3 mi
- Loma Alta Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Carlsbad Sign: 3.2 mi
- Giant Chicken: 5.0 mi
- Lego Mt. Rushmore: 6.0 mi
- Lego Eiffel Tower: 6.1 mi
- Lego Statue of Liberty: 6.1 mi
- El Corazon Senior Center Garden: 3.0 mi
- 1000-2000 Walkway Planters: 5.7 mi
- Alta Vista Gardens: 8.6 mi
- Incredible Edibles: 11.4 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 11.4 mi
- Oceanside Museum of Art: 0.7 mi
- California Surf Museum: 0.9 mi
- WWII/Korea LVT Museum: 2.1 mi
- Museum of Making Music: 5.9 mi
- Model Shop: 6.1 mi
- VANC Honor Wall: 0.0 mi
- Murray Mission Monument: 4.7 mi
- North County Regional Center San Diego County Law Library: 6.5 mi
- Camp Pendleton: 9.5 mi
- Stagecoach Station Ruins: 11.6 mi
- Snowy Plover Enclosure: 1.3 mi
- Lake Calavera Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Carlsbad Highlands Ecological Reserve: 5.7 mi
- Dawson-Los Monos Canyon Reserve: 7.6 mi
- Los Jilgueros Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Oceanside City Beach: 1.1 mi
- Buccaneer Beach: 1.5 mi
- South Oceanside Beach: 2.1 mi
- Saint Malo Beach: 2.5 mi
- Tamarack Beach: 3.7 mi
- Indian Rock Spring: 16.1 mi
- Case Spring: 17.3 mi
- Mud Springs: 17.9 mi
- Willow Spring: 20.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 20.7 mi
- Rotary Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Royal Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Ridgetop Picnic Site: 15.8 mi
- El Arroyo Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 19.7 mi
- El Salto Falls: 4.2 mi
- Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 19.6 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 22.0 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 24.5 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Northbound): 6.1 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Southbound): 6.6 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 21.0 mi
- San Onofre Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Del Mar Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 24.2 mi
- San Pasqual: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of VANC Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark | N 7° | 1,527 m | 14.7 mi |
| Margarita Peak | N 355° | 956 m | 16.8 mi |
| Miller Mountain | N 356° | 885 m | 20.7 mi |
| Patrol | NNE 25° | 884 m | 15.0 mi |
| Redonda Mesa | N 4° | 841 m | 20.0 mi |
| Tenaja Mountain | N 3° | 819 m | 21.2 mi |
| Avenaloca Mesa | N 7° | 776 m | 20.3 mi |
| Rocky Peak | N 3° | 701 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:26 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:15 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 54 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oceanside Muni AP, 2 mi away.
- Brown Pelican428 obs
- Western Gull352 obs
- California Sea Lion333 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle266 obs
- Snowy Egret231 obs
- Rock Pigeon148 obs
- Heermann's Gull136 obs
- Striped Shore Crab136 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1381332261
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