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Potrero County Park

Potrero County Park from directly overhead

Potrero County Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 736 m. Cuyamaca Peak stands 1,979 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Lake Park, a park 1.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
736 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.61532, -116.59395
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Picnic Lake Park: 1.3 mi
  • Parque Colonia Aldrete: 3.0 mi
  • Eufracio Santana: 3.4 mi
  • Parque Miguel Hidalgo: 3.5 mi
  • El Reloj (Centenario): 3.5 mi
Peaks
  • Hartley Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Potrero Peak: 2.4 mi
  • Cerro de la Panocha: 2.7 mi
  • Hauser Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Tu-bi-fo Peak: 4.9 mi
Springs: 32
  • Salazar Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Deerhorn Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Donohoe Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Lupe Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Echo Spring: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 11
  • TIJUANA: 22.7 mi
  • COVID climb: 23.7 mi
  • Moteros: 24.2 mi
  • Sesame Street Party Parade: 24.3 mi
  • Storytime: 24.3 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Monumento al policia: 3.3 mi
  • Benito Juarez: 3.4 mi
  • General Lázaro Cárdenas del Río: 3.5 mi
  • Pacific Crest Trail Southern Terminus: 7.6 mi
  • Alpine Veteran's Wall of Honor: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Bell Bluff: 14.7 mi
  • Monster Rocks: 16.0 mi
  • Main Wall: 16.0 mi
  • Quarry Wall: 23.4 mi
  • TOE: 23.7 mi
Museums: 8
Artworks: 4
  • Magic Water Horse: 11.6 mi
  • Blessed Mother: 18.8 mi
  • The Big Green Box (SDG&E): 23.5 mi
  • Elmo, Ernie, Bert, Big Bird, Oscar, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Henry and Abby's Statue: 24.3 mi
Gardens: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • The Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Kitchen Creek Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Cottonwood Creek: 15.4 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Desert View Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
  • Desert View Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
  • Pioneer Mail Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Potrero County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cuyamaca PeakN 358°1,979 m22.9 mi
Monument PeakNNE 28°1,904 m21.6 mi
Wooded HillNNE 29°1,894 m18.6 mi
Stephenson PeakNNE 30°1,889 m20.8 mi
Piñon PointNNE 30°1,832 m20.4 mi
Garnet PeakNNE 20°1,800 m22.8 mi
Sheephead MountainNNE 28°1,792 m16.1 mi
Japacha PeakN 359°1,771 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2618:58
June solstice05:4019:2219:58
September equinox06:3518:1218:45
December solstice06:4516:0816:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495052556167737570615448
Precip in3.13.52.31.00.40.10.30.40.40.71.02.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Campo, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Toad28 obs
  • Turkey Vulture26 obs
  • chaparral yucca23 obs
  • sugar bush19 obs
  • chaparral beardtongue18 obs
  • blue dicks18 obs
  • bird's foot cliffbrake17 obs
  • Western Bluebird16 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/44500677

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