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William Taft Post Office

William Taft Post Office from directly overhead

William Taft Post Office is a historic site in California, at a recorded elevation of 108 m. El Capitan stands 1,026 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is North Clairemont Adult Recreation Center, a park 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
108 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.83379, -117.20199
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North Clairemont Adult Recreation Center: 0.3 mi
  • Machitar Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • North Clairemont Community Park: 0.3 mi
  • Gershwin Park: 0.5 mi
  • Marian Bear Natural Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks
Museums
Nature reserves: 27
Beaches: 26
Cliffs: 26
  • Sunset Cliffs: 7.6 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 8.1 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 8.2 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 8.7 mi
  • Del Mar Bluff: 8.7 mi
Springs: 9
  • Dog Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 17.6 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 21.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 17.3 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 18.5 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 6.6 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 7.3 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 8.5 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of William Taft Post Office. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El CapitanENE 75°1,026 m22.3 mi
Silverdome IIENE 74°970.36 m21.6 mi
Woodson MountainNE 48°878 m18.1 mi
North Iron MountainNE 52°824 m17.8 mi
Iron MountainENE 56°818 m17.2 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakNE 54°802 m18.0 mi
Middle SummitNE 54°790 m17.7 mi
San Miguel MountainESE 121°782 m18.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:01
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:47

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358860813

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