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Capistrano Park

Capistrano Park from directly overhead

Capistrano Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Clark stands 1,527 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Snowy Plover Enclosure, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
6 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.21186, -117.38205

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • GoJump Oceanside Skydiving: 1.8 mi
  • Mission San Luis Rey de Francia: 3.9 mi
  • Carlsbad Flower Fields: 6.9 mi
  • LEGO City: Deep Sea Adventure: 7.0 mi
  • Builders Guild: 7.1 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 55
  • Carlsbad Sign: 4.1 mi
  • Giant Chicken: 6.0 mi
  • Lego Mt. Rushmore: 7.1 mi
  • Lego Eiffel Tower: 7.1 mi
  • Lego Statue of Liberty: 7.1 mi
Gardens: 48
Museums: 33
Historic sites: 33
Beaches: 20
Nature reserves: 19
Springs: 12
Picnic sites: 6
  • Rotary Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 16.9 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • El Salto Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 19.5 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 23.0 mi
  • Tenaja Falls: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Capistrano Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ClarkN 11°1,527 m14.2 mi
Margarita PeakN 358°956 m16.1 mi
Miller MountainN 358°885 m20.0 mi
PatrolNNE 29°884 m14.8 mi
Redonda MesaN 6°841 m19.4 mi
Tenaja MountainN 6°819 m20.6 mi
Avenaloca MesaN 10°776 m19.8 mi
Rocky PeakN 5°701 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:02
June solstice05:4219:2620:03
September equinox06:3818:1518:48
December solstice06:5016:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555556586164676867645955
Precip in2.22.41.40.80.30.10.00.00.20.60.81.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oceanside Marina, under a mile away.

  • Brown Pelican437 obs
  • Western Gull364 obs
  • California Sea Lion347 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle270 obs
  • Snowy Egret210 obs
  • Heermann's Gull142 obs
  • Striped Shore Crab140 obs
  • Rock Pigeon130 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/101147059

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