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Mesa Viking Park

Mesa Viking Park from directly overhead

Mesa Viking Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 134 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Polaris Breen Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
134 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.92571, -117.13646
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Polaris Breen Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mira Mesa Community Park Expansion: 0.7 mi
  • Sandburg Park: 0.7 mi
  • Camino Ruiz Park: 0.8 mi
  • Los Peñasquitos Canyon Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 3.4 mi
  • Saint Gregory the Great: 3.4 mi
  • Dionysus Bust: 3.8 mi
  • Dolphins: 5.4 mi
  • The Renaissance Woman: 5.6 mi
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 27
Cliffs: 25
  • Del Mar Bluff: 7.6 mi
  • Thumb: 8.4 mi
  • Main Area: 8.5 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 8.5 mi
  • The Underworld: 8.5 mi
Springs: 12
  • Dog Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 16.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 2.4 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 13.0 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 10.6 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 11.2 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Mesa Viking Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainE 92°1,112 m18.4 mi
El CapitanE 92°1,026 m17.8 mi
Silverdome IIE 92°970.36 m17.0 mi
Woodson MountainENE 59°878 m11.2 mi
North Iron MountainENE 65°824 m11.2 mi
Iron MountainENE 73°818 m10.9 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE 69°802 m11.6 mi
Middle SummitENE 69°790 m11.3 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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard293 obs
  • California Buckwheat280 obs
  • Yerba Mansa269 obs
  • Western Honey Bee216 obs
  • Acorn Woodpecker205 obs
  • Sacred Datura170 obs
  • Pacific poison oak167 obs
  • lemonade berry167 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/44501033

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