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Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve

Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve from directly overhead

Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Butte, a peak 0.4 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
California Department of Parks and Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.91592, -117.24986
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Los Peñasquitos Waterfowl Refuge: 0.9 mi
  • Torrey Hills Pocket Park: 1.3 mi
  • Coast View Park: 1.4 mi
  • Carmel View Park: 1.8 mi
  • Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve: 1.9 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
  • East Ocean Air Greenbelt: 1.9 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 3.4 mi
  • UCHS Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 8.5 mi
Museums
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 25
Cliffs: 25
  • Del Mar Bluff: 2.4 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 12.6 mi
  • Thumb: 13.1 mi
  • Main Area: 13.1 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 13.1 mi
Springs: 7
  • Dog Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 21.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 13.0 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 15.4 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 4.3 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 13.6 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 14.0 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainENE 68°878 m17.4 mi
North Iron MountainENE 72°824 m17.6 mi
Iron MountainENE 77°818 m17.5 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE 74°802 m18.0 mi
Middle SummitENE 75°790 m17.8 mi
Mount EllieENE 73°743.712 m17.3 mi
Wildwood MountainENE 76°725.424 m18.4 mi
Peak 2245ENE 75°684 m17.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:01
September equinox06:3818:1518:47
December solstice06:4916:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575859616468727472686256
Precip in2.32.71.60.80.30.10.10.00.10.60.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Miramar NAS, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Torrey pine2,214 obs
  • California Buckwheat1,956 obs
  • Yellow-faced Bumble Bee1,629 obs
  • Mojave Yucca1,595 obs
  • Pink Sand Verbena1,543 obs
  • lemonade berry1,525 obs
  • lanceleaf liveforever1,297 obs
  • red bush monkeyflower1,256 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 way/39370099

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