Skip to content
Byway
Park · California

Kearny Mesa Recreation Center

Kearny Mesa Recreation Center from directly overhead

Kearny Mesa Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 111 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Linda Vista Community Park, a park 0.6 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
111 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.80110, -117.16733
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • William Taft Post Office: 3.0 mi
  • Site of the Kate Olivia Sessions Nursery: 3.3 mi
  • San Diego Presidio: 3.3 mi
  • Fray Junipero Serra: 3.3 mi
Museums
  • Legacy International: 2.9 mi
  • Junipero Serra Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Seeley Stable Museum: 3.6 mi
  • James McCoy House: 3.7 mi
  • El Museo de Casa Aguirre: 3.7 mi
Attractions
  • Penguin Encounter: 4.0 mi
  • Wild Arctic Exhibit & Arctic Rescue Rollercoaster: 4.1 mi
  • Emperor: 4.1 mi
  • Wild Arctic: 4.1 mi
  • Shark Encounter and Turtle Reef: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 26
  • Sunset Cliffs: 6.9 mi
  • Middle Earth: 6.9 mi
  • Middle Earth: 7.0 mi
  • The Underworld: 7.0 mi
  • Limbo - Deviation: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Beaches: 24
Springs: 9
  • Dog Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 12.5 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 19.3 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 19.9 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 4.5 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 8.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Kearny Mesa Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainENE 69°1,112 m21.6 mi
El CapitanENE 68°1,026 m21.2 mi
Silverdome IIENE 67°970.36 m20.4 mi
Woodson MountainNE 38°878 m18.3 mi
Sycuan PeakE 99°840 m21.2 mi
North Iron MountainNE 42°824 m17.9 mi
Iron MountainNE 46°818 m17.0 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakNE 44°802 m18.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2420:01
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 °F575759626467727473686156
Precip in2.32.61.60.80.30.10.10.00.20.50.91.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Montgomery FLD, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard713 obs
  • House Finch293 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird268 obs
  • Western Honey Bee240 obs
  • Monarch217 obs
  • Desert Cottontail181 obs
  • Mourning Dove176 obs
  • Allen's Hummingbird173 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/44501283

More parks in California

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore parks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Kearny Mesa Recreation Center.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens