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Patriot Park

Patriot Park from directly overhead

Patriot Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 168 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Linear Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
County of San Diego Park and Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.02532, -117.10891
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Linear Park: 0.2 mi
  • 4S Ranch Center Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 0.4 mi
  • 4S Commons Water Features: 0.5 mi
  • Heritage Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens
  • Abraxas Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Bonsai Pavillion: 8.3 mi
  • Arboretum: 9.5 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 9.8 mi
Attractions
  • The Kit Carson Park Snake: 4.8 mi
  • Denk Mountain: 7.4 mi
  • Potato Chip Rock: 7.9 mi
  • Mawazo Woods Discovery Area: 8.0 mi
  • Gorilla: 8.1 mi
Museums
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 28
Cliffs: 24
  • Del Mar Bluff: 10.5 mi
  • Net Muc: 12.4 mi
  • Thumb: 14.1 mi
  • Main Area: 14.1 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 14.2 mi
Springs: 12
  • Indian Rock Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Dog Spring: 14.7 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 7.9 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 4.1 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 4.4 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Patriot Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainE 98°878 m8.1 mi
North Iron MountainESE 104°824 m8.9 mi
Iron MountainESE 113°818 m9.7 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakESE 106°802 m9.6 mi
Middle SummitESE 108°790 m9.4 mi
Mount EllieESE 107°743.712 m8.8 mi
Wildwood MountainESE 108°725.424 m10.1 mi
Paradise MountainNE 41°710 m15.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2520:01
September equinox06:3718:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:0916:46

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard87 obs
  • Western Honey Bee60 obs
  • Artichoke Thistle48 obs
  • Yerba Mansa46 obs
  • Chalk Dudleya45 obs
  • California Buckwheat43 obs
  • laurel sumac43 obs
  • Arizona Mantis43 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/43588809

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