Skip to content
Byway
JoinOpen app
Historic site · California

They Cared Memorial

They Cared Memorial from directly overhead

They Cared Memorial is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 199 m. Viejas Mountain stands 1,272 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is La Mesita Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
PRESENTED BY THE STUDENT BODY IN MEMORY OF BURTON WRAGG & MIKE SUCHAR WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF HELPING OTHERS JANUARY 29, 1979
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.79573, -117.01195
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • La Mesita Park: 0.5 mi
  • San Carlos Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • San Carlos Park: 0.6 mi
  • San Carlos Recreation Center: 0.6 mi
  • Jackson Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Cowles Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Pyles Peak: 2.4 mi
  • Mount Helix: 2.6 mi
  • Kwaay Paay Peak: 3.0 mi
  • South Fortuna Mountain: 3.7 mi
Museums
  • Knox House Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Allen Airways Flying Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Gillespie Field Annex: 3.5 mi
  • Historical Archaeology and Maya Research (HAMR) Lab: 3.7 mi
  • Heritage of the Americas Museum: 5.5 mi
Attractions
Artworks
  • Mariposa Lane: 4.6 mi
  • The Big Green Box (SDG&E): 4.6 mi
  • Il Occhiolino: 7.4 mi
  • Ronald McDonald: 8.0 mi
  • Multiple: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 59
Historic sites: 58
Nature reserves: 24
Beaches: 23
Cliffs: 22
  • Middle Earth: 3.0 mi
  • Limbo: 3.0 mi
  • Limbo - Deviation: 3.0 mi
  • Limbo - Rift: 3.1 mi
  • The Underworld: 3.1 mi
Springs: 21
  • Dog Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 5.4 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Skunk Spring: 15.7 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Adobe Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 9.1 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 13.2 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 19.5 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of They Cared Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Viejas MountainENE1,272 m17.2 mi
Gaskill PeakESE1,157 m17.6 mi
Lyons PeakESE1,139 m15.8 mi
El Cajon MountainNE1,112 m13.9 mi
Lawson PeakESE1,099 m17.3 mi
Otay MountainSE1,067 m17.0 mi
El CapitanNE1,026 m13.5 mi
Silverdome IINE970 m12.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2719:00
June solstice05:4119:2420:00
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4716:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565760636670757775686155
Precip in2.32.61.90.80.30.10.20.00.10.51.01.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Cajon, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10577008176

More historic sites in California

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore historic sites
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to They Cared Memorial.

Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens