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La Jolla Natural Park

La Jolla Natural Park from directly overhead

La Jolla Natural Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is La Jolla Heights Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

How to reach it

Coordinates32.84340, -117.26083

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
Beaches: 28
Nature reserves: 26
Cliffs: 20
  • Del Mar Bluff: 7.3 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 7.5 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 8.1 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 8.2 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 8.7 mi
Springs: 6
  • Dog Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 21.9 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 17.8 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 19.7 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 7.5 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 9.7 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 11.9 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of La Jolla Natural Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainNE 56°878 m20.3 mi
North Iron MountainENE 59°824 m20.3 mi
Iron MountainENE 63°818 m19.8 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE 61°802 m20.6 mi
Middle SummitENE 61°790 m20.3 mi
San Miguel MountainESE 118°782 m21.4 mi
Mount EllieENE 60°743.712 m19.9 mi
Wildwood MountainENE 63°725.424 m20.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:01
September equinox06:3818:1518:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555658606264687068655955
Precip in2.32.51.40.60.30.00.10.00.20.60.71.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Seaworld, 6 mi away.

  • California Sea Lion8,358 obs
  • Brandt's Cormorant4,907 obs
  • Western Gull4,844 obs
  • Brown Pelican4,489 obs
  • Harbor Seal3,254 obs
  • Opalescent Nudibranch2,561 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel1,787 obs
  • Heermann's Gull1,673 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/38088429

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