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Plumosa Park

Plumosa Park from directly overhead

Plumosa Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 41 m. Otay Mountain stands 1,067 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Famosa Slough Park, a park 0.6 miles away. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
41 m
Getting there

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Coordinates32.74448, -117.22158
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Famosa Slough Park: 0.6 mi
  • Liberty Station North Promenade: 0.6 mi
  • Fieldstone Legacy Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Liberty Station South Promenade: 0.6 mi
  • Ingram Plaza: 0.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Journey to Atlantis: 1.3 mi
  • Emperor: 1.4 mi
  • Electric Eel: 1.4 mi
  • Octarock: 1.4 mi
  • Sea Dragon Drop: 1.4 mi
Gardens: 59
Peaks: 56
  • Marston Point: 3.9 mi
  • La Jolla Mesa: 6.2 mi
  • Soledad Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • South Fortuna Mountain: 11.5 mi
  • Kwaay Paay Peak: 11.7 mi
Beaches: 24
  • Spanish Landing Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Bessemer Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Shoreline Beach Park: 2.1 mi
  • Kellogg's Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Crown Point Shores: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves: 22
Cliffs: 20
  • Sunset Cliffs: 2.1 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 2.4 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 2.5 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 2.8 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 2.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Dog Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 14.6 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 4.1 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 23.6 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 24.6 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 25.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Otay MountainESE 115°1,067 m24.2 mi
Silverdome IIENE 61°970.36 m25.0 mi
Woodson MountainNE 39°878 m23.3 mi
Sycuan PeakE 88°840 m24.2 mi
North Iron MountainNE 41°824 m22.9 mi
Iron MountainNE 45°818 m22.0 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakNE 43°802 m23.0 mi
Middle SummitNE 43°790 m22.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2420:01
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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Snowy Egret2,201 obs
  • Great Blue Heron1,762 obs
  • Western Gull1,692 obs
  • Little Blue Heron1,544 obs
  • Willet1,324 obs
  • Great Egret1,168 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron1,078 obs
  • Reddish Egret1,060 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/220191565

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