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Otay Park

Otay Park from directly overhead

Otay Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 30 m. Tecate Peak stands 1,184 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is SDG&E West, a park 0.4 miles away. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
30 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.59720, -117.05733

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Montgomery Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • San Ysidro Massacre Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers: 3.0 mi
  • Chopper, The Navy Seal Dog: 3.7 mi
  • Olympic Flame: 7.3 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Big Bird's Rambling River: 2.7 mi
  • Games of Skill: 2.8 mi
  • Rosita's Harmony Hills: 2.8 mi
  • Dance Party: 2.8 mi
  • Sesame Street Neighborhood: 2.8 mi
Museums
Peaks: 43
Gardens: 37
Cliffs: 25
  • South Rim: 4.1 mi
  • Point Loma: 11.8 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 14.1 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 14.2 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 14.6 mi
Beaches: 22
Nature reserves: 17
Springs: 9
  • Sweetwater Spring: 10.2 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Dog Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Echo Spring: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 11.1 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Otay Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tecate PeakE 93°1,184 m21.5 mi
Gaskill PeakENE 64°1,157 m22.1 mi
Lyons PeakENE 67°1,139 m18.6 mi
Lawson PeakENE 65°1,099 m21.2 mi
Otay MountainE 91°1,067 m12.4 mi
Elena MountainENE 71°1,015 m20.1 mi
Potrero PeakE 86°999 m24.7 mi
White MountainE 81°989 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4219:2320:00
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4716:1016:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575859616366707171676156
Precip in1.82.31.40.70.30.00.10.00.10.40.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chula Vista, 3 mi away.

  • Western Honey Bee96 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard95 obs
  • Toyon76 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird75 obs
  • mule fat73 obs
  • Thick-billed Kingbird72 obs
  • Pacific poison oak70 obs
  • Garland Daisy70 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/44501244

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