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Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve

Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve from directly overhead

Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Adobe Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
San Diego State University
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.78112, -117.07254
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Gardens: 60
Parks
  • Van Niekerk Quad: 0.3 mi
  • Mediterranean Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Faculty Staff Club outside patio.: 0.3 mi
  • Campanile Park: 0.4 mi
  • Parking Box for Digital Permits: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
Artworks
  • Ronald McDonald: 4.7 mi
  • Multiple: 4.7 mi
  • Mariposa Lane: 4.7 mi
  • Il Occhiolino: 5.0 mi
  • Untitled Heads: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 27
  • Middle Earth: 3.2 mi
  • Middle Earth: 3.2 mi
  • Middle Earth: 3.2 mi
  • Limbo - Deviation: 3.3 mi
  • Limbo: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 23
Springs: 15
  • Dog Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 7.0 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 0.1 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 0.1 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 5.5 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 11.8 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 20.3 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakESE 107°1,139 m18.8 mi
El Cajon MountainENE 58°1,112 m17.3 mi
Otay MountainSE 134°1,067 m18.5 mi
El CapitanENE 56°1,026 m16.9 mi
Rock MountainNE 55°996 m18.4 mi
Silverdome IINE 55°970.36 m16.3 mi
Woodson MountainNNE 21°878 m16.8 mi
Sycuan PeakE 97°840 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2420:00
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4816:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759626467727473686156
Precip in2.32.61.60.80.30.10.10.00.20.50.91.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Montgomery FLD, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/337503024

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