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Poway Community Park

Poway Community Park from directly overhead

Poway Community Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 143 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center, a museum 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
143 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.95307, -117.04809
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center: 0.4 mi
  • Poway Heritage Museum: 1.3 mi
  • Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Allen Airways Flying Museum: 9.8 mi
  • Gillespie Field Annex: 9.8 mi
Parks
Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Goodan Ranch: 4.0 mi
  • Martha Harville Memorial Oak Grove: 4.5 mi
  • Cyanide Vat: 4.5 mi
  • Cyanide Vat: 4.5 mi
Gardens
  • Abraxas Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Live Well San Diego Demonstration Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 9.7 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Saint Gregory the Great: 2.4 mi
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 2.5 mi
  • The Hawk: 6.0 mi
  • Dionysus Bust: 8.2 mi
  • Untitled Heads: 9.4 mi
Attractions
  • Potato Chip Rock: 5.8 mi
  • Sycamore crossing: 8.3 mi
  • The Kit Carson Park Snake: 8.9 mi
  • Africa Tram: 10.3 mi
  • Mawazo Woods Discovery Area: 10.3 mi
Beaches: 28
Nature reserves: 26
Cliffs: 26
  • Net Muc: 6.3 mi
  • Thumb: 8.7 mi
  • Main Area: 8.7 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 8.8 mi
  • Limbo - Rift: 8.8 mi
Springs: 17
  • Rock Haven Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Dog Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Skunk Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 7.7 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 16.1 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 8.5 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 10.1 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainE 101°1,112 m13.5 mi
El CapitanE 101°1,026 m12.9 mi
Rock MountainE 96°996 m13.8 mi
Silverdome IIESE 102°970.36 m12.1 mi
Woodson MountainNE 49°878 m5.9 mi
San Vicente MountainE 86°861 m13.8 mi
North Iron MountainENE 62°824 m5.8 mi
Iron MountainENE 77°818 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2420:01
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard259 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird83 obs
  • Mourning Dove79 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk78 obs
  • San Diego Barrel Cactus78 obs
  • Arizona Mantis70 obs
  • Western Honey Bee68 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk65 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/44501010

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