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Halecrest Park

Halecrest Park from directly overhead

Halecrest Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 100 m. Viejas Mountain stands 1,272 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Terra Nova Park, a park 0.7 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
100 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.63490, -117.04610

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • Big Bird's Rambling River: 3.8 mi
  • Abby's Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Sesame Street Party Parade: 3.8 mi
  • Sesame Street Neighborhood: 3.8 mi
  • Storytime: 3.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Montgomery Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers: 4.8 mi
  • San Ysidro Massacre Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Chopper, The Navy Seal Dog: 5.7 mi
  • Olympic Flame: 6.3 mi
Gardens: 38
Cliffs: 26
  • South Rim: 6.2 mi
  • Point Loma: 11.6 mi
  • Middle Earth: 13.1 mi
  • Middle Earth: 13.1 mi
  • Middle Earth: 13.1 mi
Beaches: 22
Nature reserves: 18
Springs: 9
  • Sweetwater Spring: 7.7 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Dog Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Echo Spring: 16.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 9.4 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Halecrest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Viejas MountainNE 50°1,272 m24.3 mi
Tecate PeakE 100°1,184 m21.1 mi
Gaskill PeakENE 69°1,157 m20.5 mi
Lyons PeakENE 74°1,139 m17.1 mi
El Cajon MountainNE 34°1,112 m23.4 mi
Lawson PeakENE 71°1,099 m19.7 mi
Otay MountainESE 103°1,067 m12.0 mi
El CapitanNNE 33°1,026 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4219:2320:00
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4716:1016:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575859616366707171676156
Precip in1.82.31.40.70.30.00.10.00.10.40.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chula Vista, 2 mi away.

  • Western Fence Lizard238 obs
  • lemonade berry183 obs
  • jojoba142 obs
  • Coast Cholla139 obs
  • Western Honey Bee124 obs
  • fennel117 obs
  • California sagebrush103 obs
  • Mojave Yucca99 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/108058055

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