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Highland Ranch Park

Highland Ranch Park from directly overhead

Highland Ranch Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 204 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Adobe Ridge Neighborhood Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of San Diego
Getting there

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Coordinates32.98220, -117.07247
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Adobe Ridge Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Highland Ranch Park: 0.7 mi
  • Arbolitos Sports Fields: 0.7 mi
  • Arbolitos Mini Park: 0.7 mi
  • Rolling Hills Park: 1.3 mi
Gardens
  • Abraxas Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Bonsai Pavillion: 9.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 9.5 mi
Peaks
  • Peak 1091: 1.5 mi
  • Peak 1032: 1.5 mi
  • Twin Peaks: 1.7 mi
  • Boulder Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Twin Peaks SE: 1.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Potato Chip Rock: 6.0 mi
  • The Kit Carson Park Snake: 6.9 mi
  • Sycamore crossing: 7.7 mi
  • Africa Tram: 9.0 mi
  • Mawazo Woods Discovery Area: 9.0 mi
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 26
Cliffs: 26
  • Net Muc: 8.8 mi
  • Thumb: 10.8 mi
  • Main Area: 10.8 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 10.8 mi
  • The Underworld: 10.9 mi
Springs: 13
  • Rock Haven Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Dog Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 7.2 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 17.5 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 6.4 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 7.7 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Highland Ranch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainESE 108°1,112 m15.4 mi
El CapitanESE 108°1,026 m14.8 mi
Silverdome IIESE 109°970.36 m14.0 mi
Woodson MountainENE 73°878 m6.2 mi
San Vicente MountainE 94°861 m15.2 mi
North Iron MountainE 83°824 m6.6 mi
Iron MountainE 97°818 m6.8 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakE 87°802 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2420:01
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4816:0916:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575658616467727371676155
Precip in2.83.42.01.10.40.10.10.00.20.71.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rancho Bernardo, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard134 obs
  • Mourning Dove83 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk77 obs
  • Arizona Mantis73 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk68 obs
  • San Diego Barrel Cactus65 obs
  • House Finch64 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird63 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/44501434

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