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Northern Wildlife Preserve

Northern Wildlife Preserve from directly overhead

Northern Wildlife Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Silverdome II stands 970 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.

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Coordinates32.79078, -117.23091
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Site of the Kate Olivia Sessions Nursery: 1.1 mi
  • Bill Muncey Hydroplane Monument: 1.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • San Diego Presidio: 3.0 mi
  • Fray Junipero Serra: 3.0 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Crystal Pier Entrance: 1.5 mi
  • Bayside Skyride: 1.6 mi
  • Mission Bay Theater: 1.6 mi
  • Cirque de Neon: 1.6 mi
  • Flamingos: 1.7 mi
Gardens: 60
Peaks
Museums
Cliffs: 26
  • Sunset Cliffs: 4.2 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 4.7 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 4.8 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.3 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.5 mi
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 23
Springs: 6
  • Dog Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 15.8 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 20.6 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 21.9 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 5.9 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 9.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Northern Wildlife Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silverdome IIENE 69°970.36 m24.1 mi
Woodson MountainNE 45°878 m21.3 mi
Sycuan PeakE 96°840 m24.8 mi
North Iron MountainNE 48°824 m21.0 mi
Iron MountainNE 52°818 m20.3 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakNE 50°802 m21.2 mi
Middle SummitNE 50°790 m20.9 mi
San Miguel MountainESE 111°782 m18.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:01
September equinox06:3818:1518:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555658606264687068655955
Precip in2.32.51.40.60.30.00.10.00.20.60.71.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Seaworld, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Gull1,307 obs
  • Snowy Egret1,074 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron840 obs
  • Great Blue Heron752 obs
  • Mallard739 obs
  • Willet559 obs
  • Marbled Godwit541 obs
  • American Coot412 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/1933853753

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