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Palisades Park

Palisades Park from directly overhead

Palisades Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Law Street Beach, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates32.80227, -117.25947
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tourmaline Surfing Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pacific Beach Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bird Rock Park: 0.6 mi
  • Calumet Park: 0.8 mi
  • Fannie and William Payne Joint-Use Field: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
Peaks: 58
Beaches: 25
Nature reserves: 24
Cliffs: 20
  • Sunset Cliffs: 4.7 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.3 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 5.3 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.9 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 6.1 mi
Springs: 6
  • Dog Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 21.6 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 20.4 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 22.0 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 7.7 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 9.8 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 11.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainNE 50°878 m22.0 mi
North Iron MountainNE 53°824 m21.8 mi
Iron MountainENE 56°818 m21.1 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakNE 54°802 m22.0 mi
Middle SummitNE 55°790 m21.7 mi
San Miguel MountainESE 111°782 m20.1 mi
Mount EllieNE 53°743.712 m21.4 mi
Wildwood MountainNE 56°725.424 m22.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:01
September equinox06:3818:1518:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:48

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Sunburst Anemone803 obs
  • California Seahare770 obs
  • Banded Brittle Star645 obs
  • Snowy Egret585 obs
  • Western Gull565 obs
  • Wavy Turban544 obs
  • Bat Star491 obs
  • McDonald's Dorid472 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/32498425

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