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Nicholson Point Park

Nicholson Point Park from directly overhead

Nicholson Point Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is La Jolla Tide Pools, a beach 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
9 m
Getting there

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Coordinates32.84005, -117.28143
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Culver Park: 0.3 mi
  • La Jolla Community Park: 0.3 mi
  • Culver Park Wedding Bowl: 0.3 mi
  • La Jolla Park: 0.3 mi
  • Coast Boulevard Park: 0.3 mi
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Beaches: 28
Nature reserves: 26
Cliffs: 19
  • Sunset Cliffs: 7.4 mi
  • Del Mar Bluff: 7.6 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 8.0 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 8.0 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 8.6 mi
Springs: 6
  • Dog Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 22.7 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 18.5 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 20.6 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 8.5 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 10.3 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 12.9 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Nicholson Point Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainENE 57°878 m21.5 mi
North Iron MountainENE 60°824 m21.4 mi
Iron MountainENE 64°818 m21.0 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE 62°802 m21.7 mi
Middle SummitENE 62°790 m21.4 mi
San Miguel MountainESE 116°782 m22.4 mi
Mount EllieENE 61°743.712 m21.1 mi
Wildwood MountainENE 64°725.424 m21.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:01
September equinox06:3818:1518:47
December solstice06:4916:1016:48

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California Sea Lion8,259 obs
  • Brandt's Cormorant4,865 obs
  • Brown Pelican4,375 obs
  • Western Gull4,373 obs
  • Harbor Seal3,215 obs
  • Opalescent Nudibranch2,850 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel1,748 obs
  • Striped Shore Crab1,541 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/358789726

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