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Jacks Pond Park

Jacks Pond Park from directly overhead

Jacks Pond Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 219 m. Rodriguez Mountain stands 1,183 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Downstream Park, a park 0.9 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
219 m
Getting there

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Coordinates33.13270, -117.14163
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Downstream Park: 0.9 mi
  • Hollandia Park: 1.0 mi
  • Mission Hills Church Park: 1.1 mi
  • San Marcos Sand Court: 1.1 mi
  • Woodland Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Wired Circle: 2.6 mi
  • Rockwell Steps: 2.8 mi
  • Grande Step Totem: 3.4 mi
  • Muffler Man: 3.7 mi
  • The Hawk: 8.3 mi
Attractions
  • Denk Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Rancho La Costa Habitat Conservation Area: 5.7 mi
  • The Kit Carson Park Snake: 5.9 mi
  • Wave Waterpark: 7.6 mi
  • Gorilla: 8.5 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Arboretum: 2.5 mi
  • Circle Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Alta Vista Gardens: 7.0 mi
  • 1000-2000 Walkway Planters: 8.5 mi
  • Bonsai Pavillion: 8.6 mi
Museums: 42
  • Escondido Museum: 3.4 mi
  • San Diego Children's Discovery Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Vista Historical Society: 6.1 mi
  • D - Harvester Barn: 9.2 mi
  • C - Assembly Building: 9.3 mi
Historic sites: 36
Nature reserves: 28
Cliffs: 19
  • Del Mar Bluff: 14.6 mi
  • Net Muc: 19.7 mi
  • Thumb: 21.8 mi
  • Main Area: 21.8 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 21.8 mi
Beaches: 18
Springs: 12
  • Indian Rock Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Bear Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • El Salto Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 14.4 mi
  • Washtub Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 22.0 mi
  • Upper Barker Valley Falls: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 3.7 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 6.1 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Jacks Pond Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rodriguez MountainENE 63°1,183 m15.5 mi
Woodson MountainSE 131°878 m13.1 mi
North Iron MountainSE 133°824 m14.3 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakSE 132°802 m15.0 mi
Middle SummitSE 133°790 m15.0 mi
Mount EllieSE 134°743.712 m14.4 mi
Paradise MountainENE 70°710 m12.8 mi
Peak 2245SE 135°684 m14.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4119:2520:01
September equinox06:3718:1418:47
December solstice06:4916:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575760636771767775696256
Precip in3.23.62.21.00.40.10.10.10.20.61.12.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Escondido #2, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • House Finch1,035 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk714 obs
  • Hooded Oriole642 obs
  • Nuttall's Woodpecker546 obs
  • California Towhee533 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay521 obs
  • Mourning Dove483 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird479 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/282807694

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