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Mission Bay Athletic Area

Mission Bay Athletic Area from directly overhead

Mission Bay Athletic Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. El Capitan stands 1,026 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of the Kate Olivia Sessions Nursery, a historic site 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
5 m
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Coordinates32.80144, -117.22087
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Crystal Pier Entrance: 2.1 mi
  • Bayside Skyride: 2.4 mi
  • Mission Bay Theater: 2.4 mi
  • Riptide Rescue: 2.4 mi
  • Shark Encounter and Turtle Reef: 2.4 mi
Gardens
Peaks
Museums
Cliffs: 26
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.1 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.6 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 5.7 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 6.2 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 6.4 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Beaches: 24
Springs: 6
  • Dog Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 19.9 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 19.8 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 21.0 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 6.0 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 9.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Mission Bay Athletic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El CapitanENE 71°1,026 m24.1 mi
Silverdome IIENE 70°970.36 m23.3 mi
Woodson MountainNE 45°878 m20.4 mi
North Iron MountainNE 49°824 m20.1 mi
Iron MountainNE 53°818 m19.3 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakNE 51°802 m20.3 mi
Middle SummitNE 51°790 m19.9 mi
San Miguel MountainESE 114°782 m18.1 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 °F555658606264687068655955
Precip in2.32.51.40.60.30.00.10.00.20.60.71.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Seaworld, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Gull548 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard548 obs
  • Snowy Egret417 obs
  • Great Blue Heron411 obs
  • House Finch368 obs
  • Mallard352 obs
  • American Coot328 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird317 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 node/358845221

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