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SDSU Veterans Memorial

SDSU Veterans Memorial from directly overhead

SDSU Veterans Memorial is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is SDSU Centennial Plaza, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

What the record says

Material
granite

How to reach it

Coordinates32.77394, -117.07054

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • SDSU Centennial Plaza: 0.0 mi
  • Campanile Park: 0.2 mi
  • Faculty Staff Club outside patio.: 0.2 mi
  • Mediterranean Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Van Niekerk Quad: 0.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks
  • Mariposa Lane: 4.3 mi
  • Ronald McDonald: 4.9 mi
  • Multiple: 5.0 mi
  • Rex's Roar: 5.3 mi
  • Il Occhiolino: 5.5 mi
Historic sites: 59
Gardens: 58
Nature reserves: 24
Beaches: 23
Cliffs: 21
  • Middle Earth: 3.6 mi
  • Limbo - Deviation: 3.7 mi
  • Limbo: 3.7 mi
  • The Underworld: 3.8 mi
  • Limbo - Rift: 3.8 mi
Springs: 15
  • Dog Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 6.7 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 17.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Adobe Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 5.4 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 12.2 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 20.8 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of SDSU Veterans Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakESE1,139 m18.5 mi
El Cajon MountainNE1,112 m17.5 mi
Otay MountainSE1,067 m18.1 mi
El CapitanNE1,026 m17.1 mi
Silverdome IINE970 m16.5 mi
Woodson MountainNNE878 m17.2 mi
Sycuan PeakE840 m15.4 mi
North Iron MountainNNE824 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2420:00
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4816:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759626467727473686156
Precip in2.32.61.60.80.30.10.10.00.20.50.91.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Montgomery FLD, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5119319243

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