Yokohama Friendship Bell
Yokohama Friendship Bell is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Otay Mountain stands 1,067 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Yokohama Friendship Bell;横浜友好の鐘, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The citizens of Yokohama, Japan presented the Friendship Bell to San Diego in May 1958 as part of the Centennial Celebration of formal relations between that country and the United States.
What the record says
- Built
- 1958-05
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Yokohama Friendship Bell;横浜友好の鐘: 0.0 mi
- Shoreline Park: 0.6 mi
- Cabrillo South Mini Park: 0.9 mi
- Cabrillo North Mini Park: 1.0 mi
- PLNU Lookout Park: 1.1 mi
- The Girl in Red Shoes: 0.0 mi
- Pacific Spirit: 0.0 mi
- "Tunaman's Memorial": 0.3 mi
- "Bubble Bath": 0.3 mi
- Pacific Portal: 0.9 mi
- Portuguese Historical Center: 0.9 mi
- USS Recruit: 1.7 mi
- Visions Art Museum: 2.4 mi
- New Americans Museum: 2.4 mi
- Women's Museum of California: 2.5 mi
- Sportfishing Legacy: 1.2 mi
- Captain Bill Poole et al: 1.2 mi
- Louis Rose Point: 2.1 mi
- USS Capelin: 2.3 mi
- USS Corvina: 2.3 mi
- The Coast Defenses of Point Loma: 2.5 mi
- Ocean Beach Tidepools: 2.9 mi
- Californian: 3.5 mi
- San Salvador: 3.5 mi
- Medea: 3.6 mi
- Grand Marina Garden: 0.5 mi
- Victory Garden: 3.5 mi
- The Garden: 3.7 mi
- The Chuang Garden: 4.2 mi
- Phil Swing Memorial Garden: 4.2 mi
- Marston Point: 4.6 mi
- La Jolla Mesa: 8.4 mi
- Soledad Mountain: 9.1 mi
- South Fortuna Mountain: 13.6 mi
- Kwaay Paay Peak: 13.7 mi
- Kellogg's Beach: 0.2 mi
- Bessemer Beach: 0.7 mi
- Shoreline Beach Park: 0.7 mi
- Smuggler's Cove: 1.6 mi
- Spanish Landing Beach: 2.0 mi
- Northern Wildlife Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve: 5.9 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Rose Canyon Open Space: 9.9 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 10.6 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 1.4 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 1.4 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 1.8 mi
- Swordfish Point: 1.8 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 2.2 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 5.2 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 10.7 mi
- Adobe Falls: 10.7 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 15.4 mi
- Dog Spring: 13.5 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 15.3 mi
- La Honda Spring: 20.3 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yokohama Friendship Bell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otay Mountain | ESE 109° | 1,067 m | 24.0 mi |
| Iron Mountain | NE 42° | 818 m | 24.3 mi |
| Middle Summit | NE 40° | 790 m | 25.0 mi |
| San Miguel Mountain | E 93° | 782 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mount Ellie | NE 39° | 743.712 m | 24.9 mi |
| McGinty Mountain | E 84° | 701 m | 23.1 mi |
| Peak 2245 | NE 40° | 684 m | 24.5 mi |
| White Cross Peak | ESE 116° | 539 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:24 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:15 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:10 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 58 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 67 | 62 | 57 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N IS NAS, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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