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Carmel View Park

Carmel View Park from directly overhead

Carmel View Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 25 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Carmel Grove Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
1999
Elevation
25 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.93806, -117.23379
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Carmel Grove Park: 0.3 mi
  • Windwood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Del Mar Trails Park: 1.0 mi
  • Carmel Mission Park: 1.0 mi
  • Carmel Creek Park: 1.1 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Peaks
  • Carmel Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Red Butte: 1.8 mi
  • Del Mar Mesa: 3.0 mi
  • Soledad Mountain: 6.9 mi
  • Kearny Mesa: 7.2 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • East Ocean Air Greenbelt: 2.0 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.4 mi
  • UCHS Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 7.4 mi
Museums
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 26
Cliffs: 25
  • Del Mar Bluff: 1.9 mi
  • Thumb: 13.1 mi
  • Main Area: 13.1 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 13.1 mi
  • The Underworld: 13.1 mi
Springs: 8
  • Dog Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 11.2 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 13.7 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 3.4 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 14.7 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Carmel View Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainENE 72°878 m16.0 mi
North Iron MountainENE 76°824 m16.3 mi
Iron MountainE 82°818 m16.3 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE 78°802 m16.8 mi
Middle SummitE 79°790 m16.5 mi
Mount EllieENE 78°743.712 m16.0 mi
Wildwood MountainE 80°725.424 m17.1 mi
Peak 2245E 79°684 m16.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
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 pine2,170 obs
  • California Buckwheat1,947 obs
  • Yellow-faced Bumble Bee1,678 obs
  • lemonade berry1,502 obs
  • Thick-leaved Yerba Santa1,447 obs
  • red bush monkeyflower1,373 obs
  • Mojave Yucca1,346 obs
  • lanceleaf liveforever1,229 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/566505971

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