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La Costa Canyon Park

La Costa Canyon Park from directly overhead

La Costa Canyon Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 40 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Cadencia Park, a park 0.6 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
40 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.08949, -117.24226
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Rancho La Costa Habitat Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
  • Denk Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Dancing Topiaries: 3.4 mi
  • Village: 3.4 mi
  • Seeds of Wonder: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
Museums: 59
Gardens: 45
  • Incredible Edibles: 3.2 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Hamilton Children's Garden: 3.2 mi
  • California Gardenscapes: 3.3 mi
  • San Diego Botanic Garden: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves: 27
Beaches: 19
Cliffs: 14
  • Del Mar Bluff: 9.8 mi
  • Net Muc: 20.9 mi
  • Thumb: 21.3 mi
  • Main Area: 21.3 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 21.3 mi
Springs: 7
  • Indian Rock Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Dog Spring: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Royal Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 6.1 mi
  • Rotary Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 10.5 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • El Salto Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 11.9 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of La Costa Canyon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainESE 109°878 m16.7 mi
North Iron MountainESE 112°824 m17.7 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakESE 113°802 m18.3 mi
Middle SummitESE 114°790 m18.2 mi
Mount EllieESE 113°743.712 m17.6 mi
Peak 2245ESE 115°684 m17.8 mi
Starvation MountainE 100°641 m14.9 mi
Bottle PeakENE 70°635 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4119:2520:02
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 °F565658606365697170666156
Precip in2.52.61.60.90.30.10.10.00.10.51.01.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlsbad Mcclellan Palomar AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California Buckwheat260 obs
  • deerweed206 obs
  • laurel sumac183 obs
  • lemonade berry176 obs
  • black sage167 obs
  • California sagebrush164 obs
  • Coastal Goldenbush148 obs
  • blue dicks143 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 node/358844882

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