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Monterey Heights Park

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Monterey Heights Park from directly overhead

Monterey Heights Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 118 m. Gaskill Peak stands 1,157 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Lemon Grove Park, a park 0.8 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
118 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates32.72418, -117.03364
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens: 38
Cliffs: 29
  • Middle Earth: 7.0 mi
  • Middle Earth: 7.0 mi
  • Middle Earth: 7.0 mi
  • Limbo - Deviation: 7.1 mi
  • Limbo: 7.1 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Beaches: 24
Springs: 17
  • Sweetwater Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Dog Spring: 6.6 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Echo Spring: 17.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Adobe Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 6.9 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 24.3 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Monterey Heights Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gaskill PeakE 87°1,157 m18.5 mi
Lyons PeakE 96°1,139 m15.8 mi
El Cajon MountainNE 43°1,112 m18.1 mi
Lawson PeakE 89°1,099 m17.9 mi
Otay MountainSE 129°1,067 m14.2 mi
El CapitanNE 42°1,026 m17.8 mi
Elena MountainE 98°1,015 m17.9 mi
Barber MountainE 98°985 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2420:00
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4716:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575859616366707171676156
Precip in1.82.31.40.70.30.00.10.00.10.40.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chula Vista, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard100 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard92 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard80 obs
  • Western Honey Bee75 obs
  • Muscovy Duck74 obs
  • Noble False Widow72 obs
  • Rock Pigeon64 obs
  • Monarch64 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/109931425

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