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Mesa Verde Park

Mesa Verde Park from directly overhead

Mesa Verde Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 133 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mesa Village Park, a park 0.7 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
133 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.90618, -117.14345
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mesa Village Park: 0.7 mi
  • Mira Mesa Community Park Expansion: 0.7 mi
  • Maddox Park: 0.8 mi
  • Mesa Village Park: 0.9 mi
  • Challenger Lawn: 1.1 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.4 mi
  • East Ocean Air Greenbelt: 4.3 mi
  • UCHS Garden: 4.8 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 28
Cliffs: 25
  • Del Mar Bluff: 7.6 mi
  • Thumb: 7.7 mi
  • Main Area: 7.7 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 7.7 mi
  • The Underworld: 7.7 mi
Springs: 9
  • Dog Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 2.4 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 11.7 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 20.9 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 11.9 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 12.6 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Mesa Verde Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainE 88°1,112 m18.8 mi
El CapitanE 88°1,026 m18.2 mi
Silverdome IIE 87°970.36 m17.4 mi
Woodson MountainNE 55°878 m12.3 mi
North Iron MountainENE 61°824 m12.2 mi
Iron MountainENE 68°818 m11.8 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE 63°802 m12.5 mi
Middle SummitENE 64°790 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4119:2420:01
September equinox06:3718:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:0916:47

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard168 obs
  • California Buckwheat162 obs
  • Western Honey Bee147 obs
  • Garden Snail112 obs
  • House Finch101 obs
  • Mourning Dove89 obs
  • Arizona Mantis89 obs
  • laurel sumac88 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/44501163

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