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Ecke Park

Ecke Park from directly overhead

Ecke Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 47 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Tea House Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
47 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Ecke YMCA

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.05249, -117.28695
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Tea House Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Bamboo Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Subtropical Fruit Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Mexican Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Walled Garden: 0.3 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Dancing Topiaries: 0.3 mi
  • Seeds of Wonder: 0.3 mi
  • Miniature Railroad: 0.3 mi
  • Village: 0.4 mi
  • S.S. Moonlight: 0.8 mi
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves: 27
Beaches: 23
Cliffs: 18
  • Del Mar Bluff: 7.3 mi
  • Thumb: 20.7 mi
  • Main Area: 20.8 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 20.8 mi
  • The Underworld: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Royal Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 8.8 mi
  • Rotary Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 13.1 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • El Salto Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 10.8 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 23.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • Indian Rock Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Dog Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Ecke Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainE 99°878 m18.6 mi
North Iron MountainESE 102°824 m19.4 mi
Iron MountainESE 106°818 m20.0 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakESE 103°802 m20.0 mi
Middle SummitESE 104°790 m19.9 mi
Mount EllieESE 103°743.712 m19.3 mi
Peak 2245ESE 105°684 m19.4 mi
Starvation MountainE 90°641 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:02
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard520 obs
  • Monarch407 obs
  • Fiery Skipper254 obs
  • Marine Blue196 obs
  • Bat Star195 obs
  • Umber Skipper194 obs
  • Yellow-faced Bumble Bee190 obs
  • Mourning Cloak181 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/212572357

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