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Cuyamaca Rancho Park Museum and Area Headquarters

Cuyamaca Rancho Park Museum and Area Headquarters from directly overhead

Cuyamaca Rancho Park Museum and Area Headquarters is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,252 m. Cuyamaca Peak stands 1,979 m to the west-northwest, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, a historic site 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1252 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.92838, -116.56030
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cuyamaca Rancho State Park: 0.5 mi
  • Pedro Fages Monument: 4.7 mi
  • Pine Valley County Park: 7.4 mi
  • Laguna Recreation Area: 8.7 mi
  • Ipai - Tipai Park: 9.3 mi
Springs
  • Cold Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Japacha Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Dyar Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Granite Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Deer Spring: 3.0 mi
Peaks
  • West Mesa: 1.2 mi
  • East Mesa: 2.1 mi
  • Japacha Peak: 2.3 mi
  • Stonewall Peak: 2.3 mi
  • Little Stonewall Peak: 2.6 mi
Historic sites: 23
Artworks: 23
  • Hubbell Gateway: 12.4 mi
  • Magic Water Horse: 12.8 mi
  • Blessed Mother: 13.2 mi
  • Utahraptor: 22.2 mi
  • Tyrannosaurus Rex: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Monster Rocks: 7.2 mi
  • Main Wall: 7.2 mi
  • Bell Bluff: 11.5 mi
  • 2-Second Tier: 15.5 mi
  • Shadow Wall: 15.5 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Moteros: 3.1 mi
  • Warlock Mine: 10.2 mi
  • Eagle Mine: 10.8 mi
  • Mortero Trailhead: 11.9 mi
  • Volcan Mountain Air Beacon: 12.0 mi
Museums: 10
Waterfalls: 8
  • Three Sisters Waterfalls: 8.0 mi
  • Cottonwood Creek: 8.5 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Mildred Falls: 10.8 mi
  • The Falls: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pioneer Mail Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
  • Desert View Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • Desert View Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • BBQ Area: 11.8 mi
  • Picnic Table: 14.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Gardens: 2
  • Stuart Alan Whitmore Memorial Garden: 5.7 mi
  • desert garden: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Warner Hot Spring: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Cuyamaca Rancho Park Museum and Area Headquarters. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cuyamaca PeakWNW 295°1,979 m3.0 mi
Monument PeakESE 107°1,904 m8.5 mi
Wooded HillSE 127°1,894 m8.8 mi
Stephenson PeakESE 113°1,889 m9.2 mi
Piñon PointESE 116°1,832 m9.2 mi
North PeakNNW 345°1,826 m5.6 mi
Garnet PeakE 92°1,800 m5.9 mi
Middle PeakNNW 327°1,795 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2618:58
June solstice05:3919:2219:59
September equinox06:3518:1218:44
December solstice06:4616:0716:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424246495564717165554741
Precip in5.56.44.92.31.10.20.40.50.61.52.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cuyamaca, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/368174575

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