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Buena Vista Park Pond and Open Space

Buena Vista Park Pond and Open Space from directly overhead

Buena Vista Park Pond and Open Space is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 115 m. Clark stands 1,527 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Buena Vista Park Ballfields, a park 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
115 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.15599, -117.24467
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Buena Vista Park Ballfields: 0.4 mi
  • South Buena Vista Park: 0.5 mi
  • Lake Park: 1.3 mi
  • Thibodo Park: 1.4 mi
  • Sunset Park: 2.0 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Wave Waterpark: 3.0 mi
  • Builders Guild: 4.3 mi
  • LEGO City: Deep Sea Adventure: 4.3 mi
  • Lego Washington DC: 4.3 mi
  • Lego Southern California: 4.3 mi
Artworks
  • Giant Chicken: 3.6 mi
  • Lego Statue of Liberty: 4.3 mi
  • Lego Mt. Rushmore: 4.3 mi
  • Lego Eiffel Tower: 4.4 mi
  • Lego Taj Majal: 4.4 mi
Gardens: 52
Historic sites: 38
Museums: 38
  • Vista Historical Society: 4.1 mi
  • Model Shop: 4.3 mi
  • Museum of Making Music: 4.6 mi
  • Green Dragon Tavern and Museum: 5.0 mi
  • G - Blacksmith/Wheelwright Shop: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Beaches: 18
Springs: 10
  • Indian Rock Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Bear Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Royal Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Rotary Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 8.2 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • El Salto Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 16.3 mi
  • Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Buena Vista Park Pond and Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ClarkNNW 343°1,527 m18.6 mi
PatrolN 358°884 m16.8 mi
Woodson MountainESE 123°878 m18.8 mi
Paradise MountainE 81°710 m18.2 mi
Mount OlympusNNE 25°667 m19.4 mi
Starvation MountainESE 115°641 m16.4 mi
Pala MountainNE 42°636 m17.1 mi
Bottle PeakE 89°635 m13.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4119:2520:02
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4916:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565658606365697170666156
Precip in2.52.61.60.90.30.10.10.00.10.51.01.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlsbad Mcclellan Palomar AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black-crowned Night Heron258 obs
  • Mallard146 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird124 obs
  • California Buckwheat124 obs
  • Chilicothe120 obs
  • red bush monkeyflower119 obs
  • Common Gallinule118 obs
  • Pacific poison oak109 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/113519547

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