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Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum of Contemporary Art from directly overhead

Museum of Contemporary Art is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Navy SEAL Museum San Diego, a museum 0.1 miles away. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
9 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates32.71725, -117.16941

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Artworks
Parks
  • Lane Field Park: 0.2 mi
  • Progress Park: 0.2 mi
  • Pantoja Park: 0.3 mi
  • Waterfront Park: 0.4 mi
  • Civic Center Plaza: 0.4 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens: 59
Peaks: 59
Cliffs: 26
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.0 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.0 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.1 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.2 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 22
Springs: 8
  • Dog Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 11.6 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 22.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 1.7 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 14.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum of Contemporary Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakE 92°1,139 m23.6 mi
El Cajon MountainNE 56°1,112 m24.5 mi
Otay MountainESE 114°1,067 m20.7 mi
El CapitanNE 55°1,026 m24.1 mi
Silverdome IINE 54°970.36 m23.4 mi
Woodson MountainNNE 30°878 m23.2 mi
Sycuan PeakE 83°840 m21.3 mi
North Iron MountainNNE 32°824 m22.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2420:00
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 °F585961636567717272686358
Precip in2.02.21.50.60.30.00.10.00.10.50.81.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Intl AP, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368174504

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