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Rancho Bernardo Community Park

Rancho Bernardo Community Park from directly overhead

Rancho Bernardo Community Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 122 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east-southeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Soroptomist Grove, a historic site 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
122 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.04765, -117.07566
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
Parks
Attractions
  • The Kit Carson Park Snake: 2.5 mi
  • Mawazo Woods Discovery Area: 5.6 mi
  • Gorilla: 5.6 mi
  • Africa Tram: 5.6 mi
  • Balloon Safari: 5.6 mi
Artworks
  • The Hawk: 3.5 mi
  • Grande Step Totem: 5.2 mi
  • Muffler Man: 5.3 mi
  • Wired Circle: 7.1 mi
  • Rockwell Steps: 7.3 mi
Gardens
  • Abraxas Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Bonsai Pavillion: 5.9 mi
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Arboretum: 9.3 mi
  • Circle Garden: 9.8 mi
Museums
  • Escondido Museum: 5.3 mi
  • San Diego Children's Discovery Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Poway Heritage Museum: 5.8 mi
  • Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center: 6.6 mi
  • Classic Rotors Museum: 9.5 mi
Nature reserves: 28
Cliffs: 22
  • Net Muc: 12.7 mi
  • Del Mar Bluff: 12.9 mi
  • Thumb: 15.3 mi
  • Main Area: 15.3 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 15.4 mi
Beaches: 21
Springs: 12
  • Indian Rock Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Skunk Spring: 14.6 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 10.2 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Washtub Falls: 18.8 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 2.0 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 4.2 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Rancho Bernardo Community Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainESE 114°878 m6.6 mi
North Iron MountainESE 119°824 m7.7 mi
Iron MountainSE 127°818 m8.8 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakESE 120°802 m8.4 mi
Middle SummitESE 122°790 m8.3 mi
Mount EllieESE 122°743.712 m7.7 mi
Wildwood MountainESE 121°725.424 m9.0 mi
SilverdomeSE 127°724 m15.3 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 solstice06:4816:0816:46

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 Lizard315 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird186 obs
  • California Buckwheat181 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk160 obs
  • California Towhee155 obs
  • Western Grebe130 obs
  • White Horehound124 obs
  • Sacred Datura124 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/156277987

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