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Matthews Quadrangle

Matthews Quadrangle from directly overhead

Matthews Quadrangle is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 110 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Triton, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
110 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.87922, -117.23547
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Theatre District: 0.6 mi
  • One Miramar Street Grilling Park: 0.6 mi
  • One Miramar Street Main Park: 0.6 mi
  • La Jolla Athletic Park: 0.9 mi
  • San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park: 1.1 mi
Gardens
  • UCHS Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 2.3 mi
  • East Ocean Air Greenbelt: 2.6 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Live Well San Diego Demonstration Garden: 6.9 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Museums
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 28
Cliffs: 25
  • Del Mar Bluff: 5.1 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 10.1 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 10.7 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 10.7 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 11.3 mi
Springs: 8
  • Dog Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 14.9 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 16.8 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 4.7 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 10.9 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 11.8 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Matthews Quadrangle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainENE 60°878 m17.8 mi
North Iron MountainENE 64°824 m17.8 mi
Iron MountainENE 69°818 m17.4 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE 66°802 m18.1 mi
Middle SummitENE 66°790 m17.8 mi
San Miguel MountainSE 126°782 m21.5 mi
Mount EllieENE 64°743.712 m17.5 mi
Wildwood MountainENE 68°725.424 m18.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
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 °F575859616468727472686256
Precip in2.32.71.60.80.30.10.10.00.10.60.92.0

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Bottlenose Dolphin931 obs
  • Ochre Sea Star817 obs
  • Sunburst Anemone748 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard740 obs
  • Western Gull699 obs
  • Hudsonian Whimbrel681 obs
  • lemonade berry644 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco594 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/560423402

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