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Horton Plaza Park

Horton Plaza Park from directly overhead

Horton Plaza Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Alonzo Horton, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates32.71509, -117.16167
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Alonzo Horton: 0.0 mi
  • Ernest Hahn: 0.0 mi
  • Pete Wilson: 0.1 mi
  • First Emperor of China: 0.4 mi
  • Benito Juarez: 0.4 mi
Artworks
  • Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo's discovery of San Diego Bay in 1542: 0.2 mi
  • Excalibur (1976): 0.2 mi
  • Bow Wave: 0.2 mi
  • Bum: 0.3 mi
  • Greyfriars Bobby: 0.3 mi
Parks
Museums
Attractions
  • Little Italy: 0.5 mi
  • Sign Welcome to Gaslamp Quarter: 0.5 mi
  • San Diego Convention Center: 0.6 mi
  • Mistletoe: 0.7 mi
  • Little Italy Sign: 0.7 mi
Peaks: 60
Gardens: 59
Cliffs: 26
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.5 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.5 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.6 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 5.7 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.7 mi
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 22
Springs: 8
  • Dog Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 11.1 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 1.6 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 14.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horton Plaza Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakE 92°1,139 m23.2 mi
El Cajon MountainNE 55°1,112 m24.2 mi
Otay MountainESE 114°1,067 m20.2 mi
El CapitanNE 54°1,026 m23.8 mi
Silverdome IINE 53°970.36 m23.1 mi
Mother Grundy PeakE 100°927 m24.9 mi
Woodson MountainNNE 29°878 m23.1 mi
Sycuan PeakE 82°840 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2420:00
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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Green Anole1,618 obs
  • Mallard1,520 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel1,339 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard1,244 obs
  • Monarch933 obs
  • Western Gull849 obs
  • Western Honey Bee751 obs
  • Black Phoebe663 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/44501360

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