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Mathewson Park

Mathewson Park from directly overhead

Mathewson Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Vetter Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates32.68732, -117.17267
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • Coronado Historical Association: 0.5 mi
  • Ice House Museum: 0.5 mi
  • San Diego Police Department Exhibit & Jail Cells: 1.6 mi
  • San Diego Police Museum: 1.6 mi
  • San Diego Chinese Historical Museum: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks: 53
Gardens: 38
Cliffs: 26
  • Point Loma: 4.3 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.2 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.2 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.6 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 5.6 mi
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 22
Springs: 8
  • Dog Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 12.0 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Echo Spring: 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 3.7 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 16.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mathewson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakE 87°1,139 m23.8 mi
Otay MountainESE 108°1,067 m20.1 mi
Silverdome IINE 50°970.36 m24.8 mi
Sycuan PeakENE 78°840 m21.8 mi
North Iron MountainNNE 30°824 m24.5 mi
Iron MountainNNE 33°818 m23.3 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakNNE 32°802 m24.4 mi
Middle SummitNNE 32°790 m24.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2420:00
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585860626466707271676257
Precip in1.71.91.40.60.50.10.10.00.20.60.81.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N IS NAS, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Gull1,090 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron475 obs
  • Mallard426 obs
  • Heermann's Gull315 obs
  • Striped Shore Crab301 obs
  • Snowy Egret299 obs
  • Rock Pigeon288 obs
  • Eccentric Sand Dollar253 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/44501043

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