Montgomery Memorial
Montgomery Memorial is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 46 m. Tecate Peak stands 1,184 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Montgomery County Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Dedicated on May 21, 1950, to the pioneering aviation achievement of John J. Montgomery and his early glider flights in the 1880s at Otay, California. The monument features a 93-foot high stainless steel static test wing panel for the Consolidated B-32 Do
The story
Monument to glider flight in Otay, California,.
Wikidata Q19877041, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Material
- steel
- Inscription
- He opened for all mankind the great highway fo the sky.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Montgomery County Park: 0.1 mi
- Montgomery Waller Community Park: 0.1 mi
- Montgomery Waller Recreation Center: 0.3 mi
- Sunnyslope Park: 0.6 mi
- Plaza Piedras: 0.8 mi
- Tree of Life: 0.9 mi
- Picadillo Folklorico: 2.1 mi
- El Movimiento: 2.1 mi
- Pasaje: 2.1 mi
- SDJC Shark: 2.1 mi
- Las Americas Premium Outlets: 2.9 mi
- Big Bird's Rambling River: 3.4 mi
- Games of Skill: 3.4 mi
- Rosita's Harmony Hills: 3.4 mi
- Dance Party: 3.4 mi
- Bonita Museum & Cultural Center: 6.0 mi
- San Diego Electric Railway Association & National City Depot Museum: 6.2 mi
- Museum of American Treasures: 7.4 mi
- Women's Museum of California Education Center: 9.1 mi
- Ice House Museum: 9.4 mi
- San Ysidro Massacre Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers: 2.3 mi
- Chopper, The Navy Seal Dog: 2.8 mi
- Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument: 8.4 mi
- Olympic Flame: 8.4 mi
- Spooners Mesa: 3.1 mi
- Rock Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Gobblers Knob: 7.7 mi
- Otay Mesa: 7.8 mi
- Mother Miguel Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Tijuana River Valley Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Jardin Estacionamiento Aeropuerto: 6.0 mi
- Strata Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- The Chuang Garden: 10.6 mi
- Water Conservation Garden: 10.9 mi
- Coronado Shores Beach: 9.1 mi
- North Beach: 9.6 mi
- Coronado Beach: 9.9 mi
- Central Beach: 10.0 mi
- Breakers Beach: 11.1 mi
- South Rim: 3.7 mi
- Point Loma: 11.8 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 14.4 mi
- Swordfish Point: 15.0 mi
- Middle Earth: 17.0 mi
- Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve: 3.5 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Proctor Valley Natural Resource Area: 9.5 mi
- Dictionary Hill County Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 14.0 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 11.7 mi
- La Honda Spring: 14.5 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 15.1 mi
- Dog Spring: 16.7 mi
- Echo Spring: 17.4 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 12.0 mi
- Adobe Falls: 13.9 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 14.0 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Montgomery Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tecate Peak | E 90° | 1,184 m | 22.1 mi |
| Gaskill Peak | ENE 62° | 1,157 m | 23.3 mi |
| Lyons Peak | ENE 64° | 1,139 m | 19.7 mi |
| Lawson Peak | ENE 63° | 1,099 m | 22.4 mi |
| Otay Mountain | E 85° | 1,067 m | 13.1 mi |
| Elena Mountain | ENE 69° | 1,015 m | 21.2 mi |
| White Mountain | ENE 77° | 989 m | 20.9 mi |
| Barber Mountain | ENE 70° | 985 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:14 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 16:10 | 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 | 57 | 57 | 59 | 60 | 62 | 65 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 60 | 56 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Imperial Beach Ream FLD NAS, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/8707089641
Day trips start here
- Chula Vista · 4 mi
- La Mesa · 14 mi
- El Cajon · 16 mi
- Poway · 27 mi
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