Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Circles Park, a park 1.1 miles away. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- NOAA
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Circles Park: 1.1 mi
- International Friendship Park: 1.3 mi
- Imperial Beach Sports Park: 1.4 mi
- Border Field State Park: 1.5 mi
- Veterans Park: 1.6 mi
- SDJC Shark: 1.4 mi
- Delfin del Pacifico: 1.5 mi
- Banner Art: 1.6 mi
- Illuminations: 1.7 mi
- Surfhenge: 1.7 mi
- Chopper, The Navy Seal Dog: 1.6 mi
- Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers: 2.4 mi
- Montgomery Memorial: 3.5 mi
- San Ysidro Massacre Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument: 8.3 mi
- Las Americas Premium Outlets: 4.8 mi
- Rosita's Harmony Hills: 6.8 mi
- Games of Skill: 6.8 mi
- Big Bird's Rambling River: 6.9 mi
- Dance Party: 6.9 mi
- San Diego Electric Railway Association & National City Depot Museum: 7.3 mi
- Bonita Museum & Cultural Center: 8.9 mi
- Museum of American Treasures: 9.0 mi
- Ice House Museum: 9.2 mi
- Coronado Historical Association: 9.5 mi
- Tijuana River Valley Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Jardin Estacionamiento Aeropuerto: 8.7 mi
- The Garden: 9.2 mi
- Strata Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- The Chuang Garden: 10.9 mi
- Spooners Mesa: 2.1 mi
- Rock Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Otay Mesa: 10.9 mi
- Gobblers Knob: 10.9 mi
- Marston Point: 12.0 mi
- Coronado Shores Beach: 8.9 mi
- North Beach: 9.3 mi
- Coronado Beach: 9.5 mi
- Central Beach: 9.6 mi
- North Beach: 9.9 mi
- South Rim: 6.3 mi
- Point Loma: 10.3 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 13.4 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 13.6 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 14.1 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Proctor Valley Natural Resource Area: 13.0 mi
- Dictionary Hill County Preserve: 13.9 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 15.9 mi
- Northern Wildlife Preserve: 17.4 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 14.7 mi
- La Honda Spring: 18.0 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 18.5 mi
- Dog Spring: 18.8 mi
- Echo Spring: 20.7 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 12.7 mi
- Adobe Falls: 15.8 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | ENE 64° | 1,139 m | 23.2 mi |
| Otay Mountain | E 81° | 1,067 m | 16.4 mi |
| Elena Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,015 m | 24.7 mi |
| White Mountain | ENE 75° | 989 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mother Grundy Peak | ENE 73° | 927 m | 23.2 mi |
| Sycuan Peak | NE 53° | 840 m | 23.0 mi |
| San Miguel Mountain | NE 48° | 782 m | 14.6 mi |
| Little Tecate Peak | E 83° | 721 m | 23.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:24 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 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 | 57 | 57 | 59 | 60 | 62 | 65 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 60 | 56 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Imperial Beach Ream FLD NAS, under a mile away.
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron1,247 obs
- Willet1,187 obs
- Savannah Sparrow992 obs
- Snowy Egret940 obs
- Brown Pelican861 obs
- Northern Harrier770 obs
- Ridgway's Rail750 obs
- Snowy Plover741 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/358821910
Day trips start here
- Chula Vista · 7 mi
- La Mesa · 16 mi
- El Cajon · 19 mi
- Poway · 29 mi
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