Ridgewood Park
Ridgewood Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 95 m. El Capitan stands 1,026 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Cara Knott Memorial Garden, a garden 0.6 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 0.6 mi
- Abraxas Garden: 3.7 mi
- Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 5.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 6.0 mi
- East Ocean Air Greenbelt: 6.3 mi
- Views West Park: 0.6 mi
- Los Peñasquitos Canyon Park: 0.9 mi
- Peñasquitos Town Center Neighborhood Park: 0.9 mi
- Canyonside Community Park: 1.0 mi
- Overlook Park: 1.0 mi
- Eichar's Grave Site: 1.4 mi
- Cyanide Vat: 3.1 mi
- Cyanide Vat: 3.1 mi
- Cyanide Vat: 3.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Kearny Mesa: 1.9 mi
- Van Dam Peak: 2.2 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Del Mar Mesa: 3.9 mi
- Peak 1091: 4.9 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary: 2.6 mi
- Saint Gregory the Great: 2.6 mi
- Dionysus Bust: 4.4 mi
- The Hawk: 4.7 mi
- The Reading Girl: 6.7 mi
- Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center: 3.6 mi
- Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum: 4.0 mi
- Poway Heritage Museum: 4.9 mi
- Allen Airways Flying Museum: 11.7 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego: 11.7 mi
- Sycamore crossing: 4.3 mi
- Martian Mountains: 7.0 mi
- Potato Chip Rock: 9.3 mi
- Annie's Canyon: 9.5 mi
- The Kit Carson Park Snake: 9.9 mi
- Del Mar Dog Beach: 9.1 mi
- Torrey Pines City Beach: 9.2 mi
- Tabletops: 10.0 mi
- La Jolla Shores Beach: 10.0 mi
- Boomer Beach: 11.3 mi
- Del Mar Mesa Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Meadowbrook Ecological Reserve: 2.9 mi
- Del Mar Mesa Ecological Reserve: 2.9 mi
- Elliott Chaparral Reserve: 3.8 mi
- Christopher Hill County Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Del Mar Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Thumb: 9.1 mi
- Main Area: 9.1 mi
- Net Muc: 9.1 mi
- Lunch Rock: 9.1 mi
- Rock Haven Spring: 9.2 mi
- Dog Spring: 9.7 mi
- Indian Rock Spring: 12.8 mi
- Durasnitos Spring: 13.0 mi
- Bottle Peak Spring: 15.8 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 3.8 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 11.7 mi
- Adobe Falls: 11.8 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 14.6 mi
- El Salto Falls: 19.3 mi
- Ridgetop Picnic Site: 9.2 mi
- Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 9.4 mi
- Ray Love Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- El Arroyo Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Royal Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- San Pasqual: 12.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Ridgewood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Capitan | E 97° | 1,026 m | 16.7 mi |
| Silverdome II | E 97° | 970.36 m | 15.9 mi |
| Woodson Mountain | ENE 63° | 878 m | 9.5 mi |
| North Iron Mountain | ENE 70° | 824 m | 9.6 mi |
| Iron Mountain | E 80° | 818 m | 9.5 mi |
| Ramona Overlook Peak | ENE 74° | 802 m | 10.0 mi |
| Middle Summit | ENE 75° | 790 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Ellie | ENE 72° | 743.712 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:24 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 68 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Miramar NAS, 6 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard257 obs
- Artichoke Thistle161 obs
- California Buckwheat152 obs
- lemonade berry148 obs
- Western Honey Bee147 obs
- California brittlebush138 obs
- Yerba Mansa129 obs
- laurel sumac129 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/203844102
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