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North Bluff Preserve

North Bluff Preserve from directly overhead

North Bluff Preserve is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 27 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Del Mar Dog Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
27 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.97700, -117.27048
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Annie's Canyon: 2.0 mi
  • Martian Mountains: 3.9 mi
  • S.S. Encinitas: 4.8 mi
  • S.S. Moonlight: 4.8 mi
  • Miniature Railroad: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Peaks
Gardens
  • Undersea Succulent Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Australian Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Dragon Tree Grove: 5.3 mi
  • Desert Gardens: 5.3 mi
Museums
Beaches: 30
Nature reserves: 25
Cliffs: 19
  • Del Mar Bluff: 2.0 mi
  • Thumb: 16.4 mi
  • Main Area: 16.4 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 16.5 mi
  • The Underworld: 16.5 mi
Springs: 7
  • Indian Rock Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Dog Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 10.4 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 13.8 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 6.4 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 17.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of North Bluff Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainE 83°878 m17.5 mi
North Iron MountainE 86°824 m18.0 mi
Iron MountainE 91°818 m18.3 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakE 88°802 m18.6 mi
Middle SummitE 89°790 m18.4 mi
Mount EllieE 88°743.712 m17.8 mi
Wildwood MountainE 89°725.424 m19.0 mi
Peak 2245E 89°684 m17.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:02
September equinox06:3818:1518:47
December solstice06:4916:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565658606365697170666156
Precip in2.52.61.60.90.30.10.10.00.10.51.01.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlsbad Mcclellan Palomar AP, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Osprey534 obs
  • Striped Shore Crab436 obs
  • Mexican Fiddler Crab388 obs
  • Large Mexican Fiddler Crab366 obs
  • Snowy Egret363 obs
  • Great Egret349 obs
  • Great Blue Heron336 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron292 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/358845118

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