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Dictionary Hill County Preserve

Dictionary Hill County Preserve from directly overhead

Dictionary Hill County Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 296 m. Viejas Mountain stands 1,272 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Dictionary Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
San Diego County Parks & Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.72459, -116.99163
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Hatfield Park: 0.9 mi
  • Sweetwater Lane County Park: 1.0 mi
  • Bancroft County Park: 1.1 mi
  • Goodland Acres Park: 1.3 mi
  • Lamar County Park: 1.4 mi
Artworks
  • Mariposa Lane: 1.6 mi
  • The Big Green Box (SDG&E): 6.3 mi
  • Oculus: 8.9 mi
  • Chicano Park Kiosko: 9.0 mi
  • Rigors of Flight: 9.1 mi
Attractions
Museums
  • Heritage of the Americas Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Bonita Museum & Cultural Center: 5.0 mi
  • Knox House Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Women's Museum of California Education Center: 5.7 mi
  • Historical Archaeology and Maya Research (HAMR) Lab: 5.9 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 39
Cliffs: 29
  • Middle Earth: 7.7 mi
  • Middle Earth: 7.7 mi
  • Middle Earth: 7.7 mi
  • Limbo - Deviation: 7.8 mi
  • Limbo: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 23
Nature reserves: 22
  • Proctor Valley Natural Resource Area: 5.7 mi
  • Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 6.1 mi
  • San Diego River: 8.4 mi
  • Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 11.3 mi
  • Miramar Mounds National Natural Landmark: 12.0 mi
Springs: 17
  • Sweetwater Spring: 1.2 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Dog Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Echo Spring: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Adobe Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 9.4 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 17.7 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 24.6 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Dictionary Hill County Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Viejas MountainENE 58°1,272 m18.1 mi
Gaskill PeakE 86°1,157 m16.0 mi
Lyons PeakE 97°1,139 m13.3 mi
El Cajon MountainNE 37°1,112 m16.5 mi
Lawson PeakE 90°1,099 m15.4 mi
Otay MountainSE 136°1,067 m12.4 mi
El CapitanNE 35°1,026 m16.3 mi
Elena MountainE 99°1,015 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2719:00
June solstice05:4119:2320:00
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4716:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565760636670757775686155
Precip in2.32.61.90.80.30.10.20.00.10.51.01.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Cajon, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/975730392

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