Independence Park
Independence Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 148 m. Viejas Mountain stands 1,272 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is el Rancho del Rey Park, a park 0.2 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- el Rancho del Rey Park: 0.2 mi
- Voyager Park: 0.4 mi
- Kumeyaay Park: 0.5 mi
- Orchard Park: 0.8 mi
- Oak Crest Park: 1.0 mi
- Bonita Museum & Cultural Center: 2.3 mi
- Museum of American Treasures: 6.1 mi
- San Diego Electric Railway Association & National City Depot Museum: 6.3 mi
- Women's Museum of California Education Center: 6.8 mi
- Heritage of the Americas Museum: 8.3 mi
- Gobblers Knob: 2.4 mi
- Rock Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Mother Miguel Mountain: 4.2 mi
- San Miguel Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Dictionary Hill: 6.2 mi
- Big Bird's Rambling River: 3.3 mi
- Abby's Garden: 3.4 mi
- Sesame Street Party Parade: 3.4 mi
- Storytime: 3.4 mi
- Sesame Street Neighborhood: 3.4 mi
- Elmo, Ernie, Bert, Big Bird, Oscar, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Henry and Abby's Statue: 3.4 mi
- Oculus: 5.7 mi
- Rigors of Flight: 5.7 mi
- Tree of Life: 5.8 mi
- Picadillo Folklorico: 5.8 mi
- Olympic Flame: 4.1 mi
- Montgomery Memorial: 5.4 mi
- San Ysidro Massacre Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers: 6.7 mi
- Chopper, The Navy Seal Dog: 7.5 mi
- Strata Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Jardin Estacionamiento Aeropuerto: 6.6 mi
- Tijuana River Valley Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Lemon Grove Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- The Water Conservation Garden: 8.3 mi
- South Rim: 6.1 mi
- Middle Earth: 13.2 mi
- Middle Earth: 13.2 mi
- Middle Earth: 13.2 mi
- Limbo - Deviation: 13.3 mi
- Coronado Shores Beach: 10.1 mi
- North Beach: 10.5 mi
- Coronado Beach: 10.8 mi
- Central Beach: 11.0 mi
- North Beach: 11.3 mi
- Proctor Valley Natural Resource Area: 4.5 mi
- Dictionary Hill County Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve: 8.8 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 10.7 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 6.5 mi
- La Honda Spring: 9.2 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 11.1 mi
- Dog Spring: 12.8 mi
- Echo Spring: 13.8 mi
- Adobe Falls: 10.6 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 10.6 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 10.9 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Independence Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viejas Mountain | NE 46° | 1,272 m | 22.5 mi |
| Tecate Peak | ESE 102° | 1,184 m | 19.0 mi |
| Gaskill Peak | ENE 67° | 1,157 m | 18.3 mi |
| Lyons Peak | ENE 72° | 1,139 m | 14.9 mi |
| El Cajon Mountain | NNE 29° | 1,112 m | 22.1 mi |
| Lawson Peak | ENE 69° | 1,099 m | 17.5 mi |
| Otay Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,067 m | 9.9 mi |
| El Capitan | NNE 28° | 1,026 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:14 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 56 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 66 | 60 | 55 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Brown FLD, 4 mi away.
- lemonade berry442 obs
- Western Fence Lizard357 obs
- jojoba285 obs
- Tornleaf Goldeneye242 obs
- Coast Cholla236 obs
- California Buckwheat231 obs
- Western Honey Bee192 obs
- California sagebrush175 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/44501066
Day trips start here
- Chula Vista · 2 mi
- La Mesa · 9 mi
- El Cajon · 11 mi
- Poway · 23 mi
- Ramona · 29 mi
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