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International Friendship Park

International Friendship Park from directly overhead

International Friendship Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Delfin del Pacifico, a artwork 0.1 miles away. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
United States Customs

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates32.53623, -117.12224

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Chopper, The Navy Seal Dog: 2.9 mi
  • Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers: 3.7 mi
  • San Ysidro Massacre Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Montgomery Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument: 9.6 mi
Attractions
Museums
Gardens: 33
Peaks: 29
Beaches: 22
Cliffs: 18
  • South Rim: 6.3 mi
  • Point Loma: 11.4 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 14.6 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 14.7 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 15.3 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Springs: 7
  • Sweetwater Spring: 15.8 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Dog Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Lupe Spring: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 14.0 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 17.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakENE 61°1,139 m23.8 mi
Otay MountainENE 76°1,067 m16.7 mi
White MountainENE 72°989 m24.7 mi
Mother Grundy PeakENE 70°927 m23.5 mi
Sycuan PeakNE 51°840 m23.8 mi
San Miguel MountainNE 44°782 m15.5 mi
Little Tecate PeakE 79°721 m23.1 mi
McGinty MountainNE 49°701 m21.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4219:2420:00
September equinox06:3718:1418:47
December solstice06:4716:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759606265697069656056
Precip in1.72.11.90.60.10.10.30.00.10.40.80.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Imperial Beach Ream FLD NAS, 2 mi away.

  • Brown Pelican631 obs
  • Snowy Plover626 obs
  • Willet465 obs
  • Western Gull376 obs
  • Sanderling364 obs
  • Long-billed Curlew297 obs
  • Wavy Turban273 obs
  • Coast Cholla269 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1102559591

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