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Heritage Park

Heritage Park from directly overhead

Heritage Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 28 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheriff's Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
28 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.75307, -117.19097
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Sheriff's Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Whaley House Museum: 0.2 mi
  • African Museum Casa del Rey Moro: 0.3 mi
  • El Museo de Casa Aguirre: 0.3 mi
  • San Diego Union Newspaper Building: 0.3 mi
Artworks
Parks
  • Wallach & Goldman Square: 0.3 mi
  • Old Town Square: 0.4 mi
  • Iron Horse Yard: 0.5 mi
  • Land of the First People: 0.5 mi
  • Sefton Field: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Emperor: 2.0 mi
  • Wild Arctic Exhibit & Arctic Rescue Rollercoaster: 2.0 mi
  • Wild Arctic: 2.0 mi
  • Journey to Atlantis: 2.0 mi
  • Penguin Encounter: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Marston Point: 2.6 mi
  • La Jolla Mesa: 6.5 mi
  • Soledad Mountain: 7.0 mi
  • South Fortuna Mountain: 9.7 mi
  • Kwaay Paay Peak: 9.9 mi
Gardens: 59
Cliffs: 26
  • Sunset Cliffs: 4.0 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 4.3 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 4.4 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 4.5 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 4.6 mi
Beaches: 24
  • Spanish Landing Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Crown Point Shores: 3.3 mi
  • Shoreline Beach Park: 3.3 mi
  • Bessemer Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Kellogg's Beach: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves: 22
Springs: 6
  • Dog Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 12.9 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 2.5 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 12.0 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 22.7 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 23.5 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainENE 62°1,112 m24.3 mi
Otay MountainESE 118°1,067 m22.9 mi
El CapitanENE 62°1,026 m23.8 mi
Silverdome IIENE 60°970.36 m23.1 mi
Woodson MountainNE 36°878 m21.8 mi
Sycuan PeakE 90°840 m22.4 mi
North Iron MountainNE 39°824 m21.3 mi
Iron MountainNE 42°818 m20.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2420:01
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 °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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard916 obs
  • Western Honey Bee633 obs
  • Garland Daisy555 obs
  • lemonade berry507 obs
  • House Finch443 obs
  • garden nasturtium402 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird353 obs
  • Bermuda buttercup341 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/44501607

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