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Chicano Park

Chicano Park from directly overhead

Chicano Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Chicano Park Kiosko, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

What the record says

Elevation
16 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.70009, -117.14290

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Museums
Parks
  • Cesar Chavez Park: 0.5 mi
  • Memorial Community Park: 0.7 mi
  • Grant Hill Park: 0.7 mi
  • Dog Run @ Fault Line: 0.8 mi
  • Fault Line Park: 0.8 mi
Attractions
  • Sign Welcome to Gaslamp Quarter: 1.1 mi
  • San Diego Convention Center: 1.2 mi
  • Mistletoe: 1.7 mi
  • Little Italy: 2.0 mi
  • House of Finland: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens: 38
Cliffs: 26
  • Point Loma: 6.2 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 6.7 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 6.7 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 6.9 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 6.9 mi
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 22
Springs: 10
  • Dog Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 10.2 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Echo Spring: 22.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 2.6 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 15.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Chicano Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakE 90°1,139 m22.1 mi
El Cajon MountainNE 52°1,112 m23.9 mi
Lawson PeakE 86°1,099 m24.3 mi
Otay MountainESE 113°1,067 m18.8 mi
El CapitanNE 50°1,026 m23.5 mi
Elena MountainE 92°1,015 m24.1 mi
Silverdome IINE 49°970.36 m22.9 mi
Mother Grundy PeakE 98°927 m23.6 mi

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 °F585961636567717272686358
Precip in2.02.21.50.60.30.00.10.00.10.50.81.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Intl AP, 3 mi away.

  • Western Gull552 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron449 obs
  • Mallard412 obs
  • Rock Pigeon278 obs
  • Snowy Egret265 obs
  • House Sparrow238 obs
  • Monarch201 obs
  • Black Phoebe176 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/44501000

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