Maddox Park
Maddox Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 120 m. El Capitan stands 1,026 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Challenger Lawn, a park 0.5 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Challenger Lawn: 0.5 mi
- Winterwood Lane Community Park: 0.6 mi
- Mesa Verde Park: 0.8 mi
- Wisdom Park: 0.9 mi
- Wellness Park: 0.9 mi
- Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum: 1.5 mi
- Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center: 6.8 mi
- Poway Heritage Museum: 8.2 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego: 8.2 mi
- Historical Archaeology and Maya Research (HAMR) Lab: 10.2 mi
- Sycamore crossing: 2.0 mi
- Martian Mountains: 4.8 mi
- Easter Cross: 6.9 mi
- La Jolla Swing - Coastal Walk Trail: 7.6 mi
- Sunny Jim Cave: 7.7 mi
- Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 2.2 mi
- Japanese Garden: 2.7 mi
- East Ocean Air Greenbelt: 3.5 mi
- Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 3.9 mi
- UCHS Garden: 4.3 mi
- Eichar's Grave Site: 2.3 mi
- El Cuervo Adobe: 3.1 mi
- Camp Elliott Enlisted Swimming Pool Ruins: 4.6 mi
- "Thirty Blocks" (1976): 5.0 mi
- Winne Memorial Grove: 5.0 mi
- Kearny Mesa: 2.7 mi
- Del Mar Mesa: 2.8 mi
- Carmel Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Van Dam Peak: 5.6 mi
- Black Mountain: 5.7 mi
- The Renaissance Woman: 3.9 mi
- Dionysus Bust: 4.0 mi
- Dolphins: 4.3 mi
- Metro Biosolids Center Welcome Sign: 4.6 mi
- Storytime Mother: 4.8 mi
- Torrey Pines City Beach: 5.8 mi
- La Jolla Shores Beach: 6.5 mi
- Boomer Beach: 7.8 mi
- Del Mar Dog Beach: 8.0 mi
- Wipeout Beach: 8.3 mi
- Del Mar Mesa Ecological Reserve: 2.7 mi
- Del Mar Mesa Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Elliott Chaparral Reserve: 4.0 mi
- Carmel Mountain Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Miramar Mounds National Natural Landmark: 4.2 mi
- Del Mar Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Thumb: 8.3 mi
- Main Area: 8.3 mi
- Lunch Rock: 8.3 mi
- The Underworld: 8.3 mi
- Dog Spring: 9.0 mi
- Rock Haven Spring: 12.5 mi
- Indian Rock Spring: 15.8 mi
- Durasnitos Spring: 16.2 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 16.5 mi
- Ridgetop Picnic Site: 11.9 mi
- Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 12.8 mi
- Ray Love Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- El Arroyo Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Royal Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 1.8 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 10.0 mi
- Adobe Falls: 10.1 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 11.7 mi
- El Salto Falls: 20.6 mi
- San Pasqual: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Maddox Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Capitan | E 88° | 1,026 m | 19.0 mi |
| Silverdome II | E 88° | 970.36 m | 18.2 mi |
| Woodson Mountain | ENE 57° | 878 m | 12.9 mi |
| North Iron Mountain | ENE 62° | 824 m | 12.9 mi |
| Iron Mountain | ENE 69° | 818 m | 12.5 mi |
| Ramona Overlook Peak | ENE 65° | 802 m | 13.2 mi |
| Middle Summit | ENE 66° | 790 m | 12.9 mi |
| Mount Ellie | ENE 63° | 743.712 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:25 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 68 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Miramar NAS, 3 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard180 obs
- Western Honey Bee127 obs
- Yerba Mansa103 obs
- House Finch100 obs
- California Towhee89 obs
- California Buckwheat82 obs
- California Centaury76 obs
- lemonade berry75 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/25154784
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