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San Diego Mineral & Gem Society

San Diego Mineral & Gem Society from directly overhead

San Diego Mineral & Gem Society is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 91 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Spanish Village Art Center, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away.

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates32.73403, -117.14777

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Artworks
Parks
  • Ethno-botanic Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Redwood Circle: 0.5 mi
  • Sefton Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Marston Point: 0.8 mi
  • Olive Street Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Kate Sessions: 0.6 mi
  • AIDS Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • San Diego Gay Pride Monument: 1.0 mi
  • Waldo Waterman Monument: 1.0 mi
  • Historic Hillcrest Sign: 1.2 mi
Peaks
  • Marston Point: 0.8 mi
  • Cowles Mountain: 8.7 mi
  • Kwaay Paay Peak: 8.8 mi
  • South Fortuna Mountain: 8.8 mi
  • Pyles Peak: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • Sunset Cliffs: 6.3 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 6.4 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 6.4 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 6.4 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 23
Springs: 12
  • Dog Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 10.3 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 0.3 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 13.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 23.8 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 24.1 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of San Diego Mineral & Gem Society. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakE 96°1,139 m22.4 mi
El Cajon MountainENE 57°1,112 m22.8 mi
Otay MountainESE 119°1,067 m20.1 mi
El CapitanNE 56°1,026 m22.4 mi
Rock MountainNE 55°996 m23.9 mi
Silverdome IINE 54°970.36 m21.7 mi
Woodson MountainNNE 28°878 m21.6 mi
Sycuan PeakE 86°840 m19.9 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, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/265210993

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