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Mount Acadia Park

Mount Acadia Park from directly overhead

Mount Acadia Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 112 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Brundage Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
112 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.81218, -117.18069
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Historic sites
  • William Taft Post Office: 1.9 mi
  • Site of the Kate Olivia Sessions Nursery: 2.5 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • San Diego Presidio: 3.7 mi
  • Fray Junipero Serra: 3.7 mi
Artworks
Museums
  • Legacy International: 3.7 mi
  • Junipero Serra Museum: 3.7 mi
  • James McCoy House: 4.1 mi
  • Seeley Stable Museum: 4.1 mi
  • First San Diego Courthouse: 4.1 mi
Attractions
  • Penguin Encounter: 4.0 mi
  • Wild Arctic Exhibit & Arctic Rescue Rollercoaster: 4.1 mi
  • Riptide Rescue: 4.1 mi
  • Shark Encounter and Turtle Reef: 4.1 mi
  • Wild Arctic: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 26
Cliffs: 26
  • Sunset Cliffs: 6.9 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 7.4 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 7.5 mi
  • Middle Earth: 7.6 mi
  • The Underworld: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 24
Springs: 9
  • Dog Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 17.7 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 20.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 18.6 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 19.4 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 5.4 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 7.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Mount Acadia Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainENE 71°1,112 m22.1 mi
El CapitanENE 70°1,026 m21.6 mi
Silverdome IIENE 69°970.36 m20.8 mi
Woodson MountainNE 42°878 m18.2 mi
Sycuan PeakE 100°840 m22.1 mi
North Iron MountainNE 46°824 m17.9 mi
Iron MountainNE 50°818 m17.1 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakNE 48°802 m18.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2420:01
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759626467727473686156
Precip in2.32.61.60.80.30.10.10.00.20.50.91.6

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard754 obs
  • House Finch308 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird265 obs
  • Western Honey Bee252 obs
  • Monarch221 obs
  • Black Phoebe213 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco194 obs
  • Allen's Hummingbird182 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/102521666

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