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Cyanide Vat

Cyanide Vat from directly overhead

Cyanide Vat is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 215 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east, 8.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.99047, -117.11125
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Peaks
Artworks
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
  • Sycamore crossing: 6.3 mi
  • The Kit Carson Park Snake: 6.9 mi
  • Potato Chip Rock: 8.0 mi
  • Martian Mountains: 8.3 mi
  • Annie's Canyon: 8.9 mi
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 26
Cliffs: 25
  • Del Mar Bluff: 9.4 mi
  • Net Muc: 10.7 mi
  • Thumb: 11.8 mi
  • Main Area: 11.8 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 11.9 mi
Springs: 12
  • Rock Haven Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Dog Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 5.8 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 14.7 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 17.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 6.3 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 6.5 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Cyanide Vat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainE 81°878 m8.2 mi
North Iron MountainE 89°824 m8.8 mi
Iron MountainE 99°818 m9.1 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakE 91°802 m9.3 mi
Middle SummitE 93°790 m9.1 mi
Mount EllieE 91°743.712 m8.6 mi
Wildwood MountainE 94°725.424 m9.8 mi
SilverdomeESE 110°724 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2520:01
September equinox06:3718:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:0916:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575658616467727371676155
Precip in2.83.42.01.10.40.10.10.00.20.71.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rancho Bernardo, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1219435263

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