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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

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Coordinates32.83379, -117.20199
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens: 60
Artworks: 60
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks
Museums
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
Nature reserves: 27
Beaches: 25
Cliffs: 20
  • Sunset Cliffs: 7.6 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 8.2 mi
  • Del Mar Bluff: 8.7 mi
  • The Underworld: 8.8 mi
  • Thumb: 8.8 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 CapitanENE1,026 m22.3 mi
Silverdome IIENE970 m21.6 mi
Woodson MountainNE878 m18.1 mi
North Iron MountainNE824 m17.8 mi
Iron MountainENE818 m17.2 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakNE802 m18.0 mi
Middle SummitNE790 m17.7 mi
San Miguel MountainESE782 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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