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Firefighters Park

Firefighters Park from directly overhead

Firefighters Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 134 m. Gaskill Peak stands 1,157 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Treganza Heritage Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

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Coordinates32.73929, -117.02971
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Artworks
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens: 38
Cliffs: 29
  • Middle Earth: 6.0 mi
  • Middle Earth: 6.0 mi
  • Middle Earth: 6.0 mi
  • Limbo - Deviation: 6.1 mi
  • Limbo: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Beaches: 24
Springs: 17
  • Sweetwater Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Dog Spring: 5.6 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Echo Spring: 17.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Adobe Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 7.1 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 15.5 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 23.3 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Firefighters Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gaskill PeakE 90°1,157 m18.2 mi
Lyons PeakE 99°1,139 m15.7 mi
El Cajon MountainNE 45°1,112 m17.2 mi
Lawson PeakE 93°1,099 m17.7 mi
Otay MountainSE 133°1,067 m14.7 mi
El CapitanNE 43°1,026 m16.9 mi
Elena MountainE 101°1,015 m17.8 mi
Rock MountainNE 44°996 m18.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2420:00
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4716:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565760636670757775686155
Precip in2.32.61.90.80.30.10.20.00.10.51.01.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Cajon, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard143 obs
  • Mallard114 obs
  • Western Honey Bee113 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard101 obs
  • Monarch93 obs
  • Rock Pigeon76 obs
  • Noble False Widow75 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk73 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/1088726977

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