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Leucadia Roadside Park

Leucadia Roadside Park from directly overhead

Leucadia Roadside Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ponto State Beach, a park 0.3 miles away.

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Coordinates33.06426, -117.30260
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Dancing Topiaries: 1.5 mi
  • Seeds of Wonder: 1.5 mi
  • Miniature Railroad: 1.5 mi
  • Village: 1.5 mi
  • S.S. Moonlight: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens: 58
  • Tea House Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Subtropical Fruit Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Bamboo Garden: 1.5 mi
  • San Diego Botanic Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves: 26
Beaches: 23
Cliffs: 19
  • Del Mar Bluff: 8.3 mi
  • Thumb: 22.0 mi
  • Main Area: 22.0 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 22.0 mi
  • The Underworld: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Royal Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Rotary Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 9.6 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 13.9 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • El Salto Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 12.0 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 24.2 mi
Springs: 5
  • Indian Rock Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Dog Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Leucadia Roadside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainE 101°878 m19.6 mi
North Iron MountainESE 104°824 m20.4 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakESE 105°802 m21.1 mi
Middle SummitESE 105°790 m21.0 mi
Mount EllieESE 105°743.712 m20.3 mi
Peak 2245ESE 106°684 m20.5 mi
Starvation MountainE 92°641 m18.2 mi
Bottle PeakENE 69°635 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:02
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard459 obs
  • Monarch266 obs
  • Western Gull185 obs
  • Yellow-faced Bumble Bee177 obs
  • Mourning Cloak167 obs
  • Marine Blue161 obs
  • Umber Skipper160 obs
  • Fiery Skipper154 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/33089930

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