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Centennial Park

Centennial Park from directly overhead

Centennial Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Harbor View Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.69962, -117.17142
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Museums
Peaks: 56
Gardens: 38
Cliffs: 26
  • Point Loma: 4.7 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.0 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.0 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.3 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 5.4 mi
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 22
Springs: 8
  • Dog Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 11.8 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 2.8 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 15.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Centennial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakE 89°1,139 m23.7 mi
Otay MountainESE 111°1,067 m20.3 mi
El CapitanNE 53°1,026 m24.9 mi
Silverdome IINE 52°970.36 m24.2 mi
Woodson MountainNNE 29°878 m24.3 mi
Sycuan PeakE 80°840 m21.6 mi
North Iron MountainNNE 31°824 m23.7 mi
Iron MountainNNE 34°818 m22.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2420:00
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585860626466707271676257
Precip in1.71.91.40.60.50.10.10.00.20.60.81.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N IS NAS, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Gull1,275 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron521 obs
  • Mallard461 obs
  • Rock Pigeon414 obs
  • Heermann's Gull409 obs
  • Striped Shore Crab336 obs
  • Snowy Egret320 obs
  • House Sparrow285 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/44501644

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