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Calavera Park

Calavera Park from directly overhead

Calavera Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 106 m. Clark stands 1,527 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Foothills park, a park 0.7 miles away.

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Coordinates33.16577, -117.29917
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Upper Foothills park: 0.7 mi
  • Middle Foothills Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lower Foothills Park: 0.8 mi
  • Ann D. L'Heureux Memorial Dog Park: 1.1 mi
  • Hidden Canyon Community Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Giant Chicken: 1.1 mi
  • Lego Mt. Rushmore: 2.7 mi
  • Lego Statue of Liberty: 2.7 mi
  • Lego Eiffel Tower: 2.7 mi
  • Lego Taj Majal: 2.7 mi
Attractions
  • LEGO City: Deep Sea Adventure: 2.6 mi
  • Builders Guild: 2.6 mi
  • Lego San Francisco: 2.7 mi
  • Lego Southern California: 2.7 mi
  • Lego Golden Gate Bridge: 2.7 mi
Gardens: 52
Museums: 37
  • Model Shop: 2.7 mi
  • Museum of Making Music: 2.9 mi
  • Green Dragon Tavern and Museum: 3.4 mi
  • G - Blacksmith/Wheelwright Shop: 5.0 mi
  • J - Steam Tractor Barn: 5.0 mi
Historic sites: 34
Nature reserves: 24
Beaches: 18
Springs: 10
  • Indian Rock Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Case Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Mud Springs: 21.0 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Rotary Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 11.1 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • El Salto Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 18.0 mi
  • Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Calavera Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ClarkN 353°1,527 m17.3 mi
Margarita PeakNNW 345°956 m20.0 mi
PatrolN 9°884 m16.3 mi
Rocky PeakN 351°701 m20.2 mi
Mount OlympusNE 34°667 m20.4 mi
Starvation MountainESE 113°641 m19.6 mi
Pala MountainNE 51°636 m19.0 mi
Bottle PeakE 91°635 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:01
June solstice05:4119:2620:02
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 °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
  • lemonade berry314 obs
  • red bush monkeyflower230 obs
  • California Buckwheat219 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard206 obs
  • laurel sumac200 obs
  • Toyon198 obs
  • California brittlebush191 obs
  • coyote brush187 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/122350071

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