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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
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
  • Mariposa Lane: 4.6 mi
  • The Big Green Box (SDG&E): 4.6 mi
  • Il Occhiolino: 7.4 mi
  • Untitled Heads: 7.4 mi
  • Ronald McDonald: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 29
  • Middle Earth: 3.0 mi
  • Middle Earth: 3.0 mi
  • Middle Earth: 3.0 mi
  • Limbo: 3.0 mi
  • Limbo - Deviation: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Beaches: 24
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 17.8 miles of They Cared Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Viejas MountainENE 75°1,272 m17.2 mi
Gaskill PeakESE 103°1,157 m17.6 mi
Lyons PeakESE 114°1,139 m15.8 mi
El Cajon MountainNE 53°1,112 m13.9 mi
Lawson PeakESE 106°1,099 m17.3 mi
Otay MountainSE 145°1,067 m17.0 mi
El CapitanNE 52°1,026 m13.5 mi
Rock MountainNE 51°996 m15.0 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

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