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Old Poway Park

Old Poway Park from directly overhead

Old Poway Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 161 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Poway Heritage Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
161 m
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Coordinates32.96964, -117.03681
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Poway Heritage Museum: 0.0 mi
  • Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center: 1.5 mi
  • Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum: 8.0 mi
  • Classic Rotors Museum: 8.7 mi
  • Allen Airways Flying Museum: 10.6 mi
Parks
Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Goodan Ranch: 4.2 mi
  • Martha Harville Memorial Oak Grove: 4.3 mi
  • Cyanide Vat: 4.5 mi
  • Cyanide Vat: 4.5 mi
Peaks
  • Twin Peaks SE: 1.2 mi
  • Twin Peaks: 1.3 mi
  • Peak 1091: 1.6 mi
  • Peak 1032: 1.8 mi
  • Boulder Mountain: 2.1 mi
Gardens
  • Abraxas Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Bonsai Pavillion: 9.4 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 10.8 mi
Artworks
  • Saint Gregory the Great: 3.7 mi
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 3.8 mi
  • The Hawk: 5.8 mi
  • Dionysus Bust: 8.9 mi
  • Untitled Heads: 10.7 mi
Attractions
  • Potato Chip Rock: 4.5 mi
  • The Kit Carson Park Snake: 7.8 mi
  • Africa Tram: 9.0 mi
  • Mawazo Woods Discovery Area: 9.1 mi
  • Lions: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 28
  • Net Muc: 6.9 mi
  • Thumb: 9.9 mi
  • Main Area: 9.9 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 9.9 mi
  • Limbo - Rift: 10.0 mi
Beaches: 28
Nature reserves: 25
Springs: 18
  • Rock Haven Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Dog Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Skunk Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 8.7 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 17.4 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 7.4 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 9.5 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Old Poway Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainESE 107°1,112 m13.1 mi
El CapitanESE 107°1,026 m12.6 mi
Rock MountainE 101°996 m13.3 mi
Silverdome IIESE 108°970.36 m11.7 mi
Woodson MountainNE 55°878 m4.7 mi
San Vicente MountainE 90°861 m13.1 mi
North Iron MountainENE 70°824 m4.7 mi
Iron MountainE 89°818 m4.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2420:01
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4816:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575658616467727371676155
Precip in2.83.42.01.10.40.10.10.00.20.71.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rancho Bernardo, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard159 obs
  • California Buckwheat82 obs
  • Mourning Dove78 obs
  • San Diego Barrel Cactus72 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk71 obs
  • Western Honey Bee69 obs
  • Monarch68 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk61 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/129285019

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