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Lake Poway Recreation Area

Lake Poway Recreation Area from directly overhead

Lake Poway Recreation Area is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 285 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Sky Ecological Reserve, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away.

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Coordinates33.00585, -117.01139
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Potato Chip Rock: 2.2 mi
  • The Kit Carson Park Snake: 5.9 mi
  • Africa Tram: 6.3 mi
  • Lions: 6.3 mi
  • Mawazo Woods Discovery Area: 6.3 mi
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
  • Poway Heritage Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center: 4.4 mi
  • Classic Rotors Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Guy R. Woodward Museum: 9.0 mi
  • San Diego Children's Discovery Museum: 9.2 mi
Gardens
  • Abraxas Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Bonsai Pavillion: 6.7 mi
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Circle Garden: 13.1 mi
Artworks
  • The Hawk: 6.4 mi
  • Saint Gregory the Great: 6.6 mi
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 6.6 mi
  • Muffler Man: 9.1 mi
  • Grande Step Totem: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 27
  • Net Muc: 8.7 mi
  • Thumb: 12.6 mi
  • Main Area: 12.6 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 12.6 mi
  • Limbo - Rift: 12.7 mi
Beaches: 27
Nature reserves: 25
Springs: 21
  • Rock Haven Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Skunk Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 11.1 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Mildred Falls: 17.1 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 5.6 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 8.9 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Lake Poway Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainESE 119°1,112 m12.7 mi
El CapitanESE 120°1,026 m12.2 mi
Rock MountainESE 114°996 m12.7 mi
Silverdome IIESE 122°970.36 m11.5 mi
Mount GowerE 87°946 m14.4 mi
Woodson MountainE 85°878 m2.4 mi
San Vicente MountainESE 103°861 m11.9 mi
North Iron MountainESE 107°824 m3.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2719:00
June solstice05:4119:2420:01
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4816:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575658616467727371676155
Precip in2.83.42.01.10.40.10.10.00.20.71.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rancho Bernardo, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard243 obs
  • California Buckwheat164 obs
  • chaparral yucca164 obs
  • Pacific pea130 obs
  • laurel sumac129 obs
  • Pacific poison oak127 obs
  • cardinal catchfly117 obs
  • Turkey Vulture116 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/102925279

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