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"Thirty Blocks" (1976)

"Thirty Blocks" (1976) from directly overhead

"Thirty Blocks" (1976) is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 115 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Winne Memorial Grove, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Material
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Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates32.88118, -117.23680
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks: 60
Gardens: 60
  • UCHS Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 2.3 mi
  • East Ocean Air Greenbelt: 2.5 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Live Well San Diego Demonstration Garden: 7.0 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Museums
Historic sites: 59
Parks
  • Matthews Quadrangle: 0.2 mi
  • Theatre District: 0.7 mi
  • One Miramar Street Grilling Park: 0.8 mi
  • One Miramar Street Main Park: 0.8 mi
  • La Jolla Athletic Park: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves: 28
Beaches: 28
Cliffs: 19
  • Del Mar Bluff: 4.9 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 10.2 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 10.8 mi
  • Thumb: 11.4 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 11.4 mi
Springs: 8
  • Dog Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 14.8 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 16.8 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 4.7 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 11.1 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 11.9 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of "Thirty Blocks" (1976). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainENE878 m17.8 mi
North Iron MountainENE824 m17.8 mi
Iron MountainENE818 m17.5 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE802 m18.1 mi
Middle SummitENE790 m17.9 mi
San Miguel MountainSE782 m21.6 mi
Mount EllieENE744 m17.5 mi
Wildwood MountainENE725 m18.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:01
September equinox06:3818:1518:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575859616468727472686256
Precip in2.32.71.60.80.30.10.10.00.10.60.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Miramar NAS, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13469524524

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