Portuguese Historical Center
Portuguese Historical Center is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Otay Mountain stands 1,067 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sportfishing Legacy, a historic site 0.3 miles away. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sportfishing Legacy: 0.3 mi
- Captain Bill Poole et al: 0.3 mi
- Yokohama Friendship Bell: 0.9 mi
- Louis Rose Point: 1.2 mi
- USS S-26: 1.4 mi
- Cabrillo North Mini Park: 0.3 mi
- Cabrillo South Mini Park: 0.3 mi
- America's Cup Harbor: 0.4 mi
- Canon Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Shoreline Park: 0.5 mi
- Pacific Portal: 0.5 mi
- "Bubble Bath": 0.7 mi
- "Tunaman's Memorial": 0.7 mi
- The Girl in Red Shoes: 0.9 mi
- Pacific Spirit: 1.0 mi
- USS Recruit: 0.9 mi
- New Americans Museum: 1.5 mi
- Visions Art Museum: 1.5 mi
- Women's Museum of California: 1.6 mi
- MCRD San Diego Command Museum: 2.5 mi
- Ocean Beach Tidepools: 2.3 mi
- Journey to Atlantis: 3.0 mi
- Emperor: 3.0 mi
- Orca Underwater Viewing: 3.0 mi
- Explorer's Reef: 3.0 mi
- Grand Marina Garden: 0.6 mi
- Victory Garden: 2.8 mi
- Phil Swing Memorial Garden: 3.9 mi
- The Chuang Garden: 4.0 mi
- The Garden: 4.1 mi
- Marston Point: 4.2 mi
- La Jolla Mesa: 7.6 mi
- Soledad Mountain: 8.3 mi
- South Fortuna Mountain: 12.8 mi
- Kwaay Paay Peak: 13.0 mi
- Bessemer Beach: 0.3 mi
- Shoreline Beach Park: 0.5 mi
- Kellogg's Beach: 0.9 mi
- Spanish Landing Beach: 1.3 mi
- Smuggler's Cove: 2.5 mi
- Northern Wildlife Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve: 5.0 mi
- Rose Canyon Open Space: 9.0 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 10.0 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 1.5 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 1.6 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 1.6 mi
- Swordfish Point: 1.7 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 1.8 mi
- Dog Spring: 12.8 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 15.0 mi
- La Honda Spring: 20.0 mi
- Rock Haven Spring: 24.3 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 24.8 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 4.6 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 10.1 mi
- Adobe Falls: 10.1 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 14.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Portuguese Historical Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otay Mountain | ESE 111° | 1,067 m | 24.0 mi |
| Woodson Mountain | NE 37° | 878 m | 24.9 mi |
| Sycuan Peak | E 85° | 840 m | 24.7 mi |
| North Iron Mountain | NE 40° | 824 m | 24.4 mi |
| Iron Mountain | NE 43° | 818 m | 23.5 mi |
| Ramona Overlook Peak | NE 41° | 802 m | 24.5 mi |
| Middle Summit | NE 41° | 790 m | 24.2 mi |
| San Miguel Mountain | E 96° | 782 m | 17.1 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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/368174636
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