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Hilltop Community Park

Hilltop Community Park from directly overhead

Hilltop Community Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 253 m. Silverdome II stands 970 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
253 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of San Diego Park & Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.97132, -117.11887
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Peñasquitos Town Center Neighborhood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Sun Ridge Vista Mini Park: 1.1 mi
  • Views West Park: 1.2 mi
  • Adobe Bluffs Park: 1.2 mi
  • Twin Trails Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Sycamore crossing: 5.1 mi
  • Martian Mountains: 7.3 mi
  • The Kit Carson Park Snake: 8.3 mi
  • Annie's Canyon: 8.7 mi
  • Potato Chip Rock: 8.8 mi
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 27
Cliffs: 25
  • Del Mar Bluff: 8.6 mi
  • Net Muc: 10.2 mi
  • Thumb: 10.7 mi
  • Main Area: 10.7 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 10.8 mi
Springs: 12
  • Rock Haven Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Dog Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 14.2 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 4.6 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 16.3 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 17.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 7.5 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 7.9 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Hilltop Community Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silverdome IIESE 103°970.36 m16.4 mi
Woodson MountainENE 73°878 m9.0 mi
North Iron MountainE 81°824 m9.3 mi
Iron MountainE 90°818 m9.5 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakE 84°802 m9.8 mi
Middle SummitE 85°790 m9.6 mi
Mount EllieE 83°743.712 m9.1 mi
Wildwood MountainE 87°725.424 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2420:01
September equinox06:3718:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:0916:47

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Artichoke Thistle202 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard154 obs
  • black sage141 obs
  • laurel sumac136 obs
  • lemonade berry130 obs
  • California Buckwheat129 obs
  • red bush monkeyflower128 obs
  • blue dicks120 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/20944897

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