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Gershwin Park

Gershwin Park from directly overhead

Gershwin Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 103 m. El Capitan stands 1,026 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is William Taft Post Office, a historic site 0.5 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
103 m
Getting there

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Coordinates32.83493, -117.21132
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Marian Bear Natural Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • University City Open Space: 0.8 mi
  • Machitar Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • North Clairemont Adult Recreation Center: 0.9 mi
  • Stonehaven Community Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Artworks
Peaks
Museums
Nature reserves: 27
Beaches: 27
Cliffs: 26
  • Sunset Cliffs: 7.4 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 8.0 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 8.0 mi
  • Del Mar Bluff: 8.4 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 8.6 mi
Springs: 8
  • Dog Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 18.0 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 21.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 17.4 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 18.7 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 6.6 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 7.6 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 9.0 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Gershwin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El CapitanENE 76°1,026 m22.9 mi
Silverdome IIENE 75°970.36 m22.1 mi
Woodson MountainNE 49°878 m18.4 mi
North Iron MountainNE 53°824 m18.2 mi
Iron MountainENE 58°818 m17.6 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakNE 55°802 m18.4 mi
Middle SummitNE 55°790 m18.1 mi
San Miguel MountainESE 121°782 m18.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:01
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 °F575759626467727473686156
Precip in2.32.61.60.80.30.10.10.00.20.50.91.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Montgomery FLD, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard566 obs
  • Pacific poison oak342 obs
  • Sacred Datura247 obs
  • California Buckwheat236 obs
  • Western Honey Bee225 obs
  • lemonade berry224 obs
  • Toyon222 obs
  • coast live oak196 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/44501776

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