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Mount Etna Park

Mount Etna Park from directly overhead

Mount Etna Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 101 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Machitar Memorial Park, a park 0.7 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
101 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.82220, -117.19231
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
  • Easter Cross: 3.3 mi
  • Crystal Pier Entrance: 4.1 mi
  • Riptide Rescue: 4.3 mi
  • Penguin Encounter: 4.3 mi
  • Shark Encounter and Turtle Reef: 4.3 mi
Peaks
Museums
  • Junipero Serra Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Legacy International: 4.5 mi
  • James McCoy House: 4.6 mi
  • Seeley Stable Museum: 4.7 mi
  • First San Diego Courthouse: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves: 27
Cliffs: 26
  • Sunset Cliffs: 7.1 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 7.6 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 7.7 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 8.2 mi
  • The Underworld: 8.2 mi
Beaches: 25
Springs: 8
  • Dog Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 17.7 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 21.0 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 18.0 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 19.0 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 6.3 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 7.3 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 7.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Mount Etna Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainENE 73°1,112 m22.5 mi
El CapitanENE 73°1,026 m22.0 mi
Silverdome IIENE 72°970.36 m21.2 mi
Woodson MountainNE 45°878 m18.2 mi
Sycuan PeakESE 102°840 m22.9 mi
North Iron MountainNE 49°824 m17.9 mi
Iron MountainNE 53°818 m17.2 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakNE 51°802 m18.1 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 Lizard784 obs
  • House Finch306 obs
  • Western Honey Bee295 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird264 obs
  • Monarch244 obs
  • Pacific poison oak229 obs
  • Black Phoebe212 obs
  • California Buckwheat199 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/44500604

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