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John Landes Park

John Landes Park from directly overhead

John Landes Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 106 m. Clark stands 1,527 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Loma Alta Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
106 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.19480, -117.28672

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Artworks: 60
  • Giant Chicken: 3.2 mi
  • Carlsbad Sign: 4.5 mi
  • Lego Mt. Rushmore: 4.8 mi
  • Lego Statue of Liberty: 4.8 mi
  • Lego Eiffel Tower: 4.9 mi
Gardens: 51
Historic sites: 39
Museums: 38
  • G - Blacksmith/Wheelwright Shop: 3.0 mi
  • J - Steam Tractor Barn: 3.0 mi
  • L - Mike Ashbeck Shop Building: 3.0 mi
  • M - Weavers Building: 3.0 mi
  • Q - Short Track Railroad: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Beaches: 19
Springs: 11
Picnic sites: 8
  • Rotary Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 11.8 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 15.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • El Salto Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 18.2 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of John Landes Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ClarkN 349°1,527 m15.4 mi
Margarita PeakNNW 341°956 m18.3 mi
PatrolN 7°884 m14.2 mi
Rocky PeakNNW 348°701 m18.4 mi
Mount OlympusNE 35°667 m18.3 mi
Starvation MountainESE 119°641 m19.8 mi
Pala MountainNE 54°636 m17.2 mi
Bottle PeakE 98°635 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:4119:2620:02
September equinox06:3818:1518:47
December solstice06:4916:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545456586266697069645753
Precip in2.42.91.70.90.30.10.10.00.10.60.82.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oceanside Muni AP, 4 mi away.

  • Western Fence Lizard198 obs
  • lemonade berry198 obs
  • Fuchsiaflower Gooseberry155 obs
  • red bush monkeyflower154 obs
  • Toyon148 obs
  • laurel sumac143 obs
  • California Buckwheat129 obs
  • Bladderpod124 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/364274747

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