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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
Historic sites
Gardens: 60
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
Cliffs: 27
  • Middle Earth: 3.6 mi
  • Middle Earth: 3.7 mi
  • Middle Earth: 3.7 mi
  • Limbo - Deviation: 3.7 mi
  • Limbo: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Beaches: 24
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 20.0 miles of SDSU Veterans Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakESE 105°1,139 m18.5 mi
El Cajon MountainNE 56°1,112 m17.5 mi
Otay MountainSE 133°1,067 m18.1 mi
El CapitanNE 55°1,026 m17.1 mi
Rock MountainNE 54°996 m18.6 mi
Silverdome IINE 53°970.36 m16.5 mi
Woodson MountainNNE 20°878 m17.2 mi
Sycuan PeakE 95°840 m15.4 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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