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San Diego County Fairgrounds

San Diego County Fairgrounds from directly overhead

San Diego County Fairgrounds is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Del Mar Dog Beach, a beach 0.5 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

What to expect

Operated by
22nd District Agricultural Association

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates32.97590, -117.26115

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Annie's Canyon: 2.0 mi
  • Martian Mountains: 3.6 mi
  • S.S. Encinitas: 5.0 mi
  • S.S. Moonlight: 5.0 mi
  • Miniature Railroad: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Peaks
Gardens
  • East Ocean Air Greenbelt: 5.0 mi
  • Undersea Succulent Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Australian Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Dragon Tree Grove: 5.4 mi
Museums
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 25
Cliffs: 19
  • Del Mar Bluff: 1.9 mi
  • Thumb: 16.0 mi
  • Main Area: 16.0 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 16.0 mi
  • The Underworld: 16.0 mi
Springs: 7
  • Indian Rock Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Dog Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 10.1 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 13.4 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 5.9 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of San Diego County Fairgrounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainE 82°878 m17.0 mi
North Iron MountainE 86°824 m17.5 mi
Iron MountainE 91°818 m17.7 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakE 87°802 m18.0 mi
Middle SummitE 88°790 m17.8 mi
Mount EllieE 87°743.712 m17.3 mi
Wildwood MountainE 89°725.424 m18.5 mi
Peak 2245E 89°684 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:01
September equinox06:3818:1518:47
December solstice06:4916:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575859616468727472686256
Precip in2.32.71.60.80.30.10.10.00.10.60.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Miramar NAS, 11 mi away.

  • Osprey514 obs
  • Mexican Fiddler Crab388 obs
  • Striped Shore Crab373 obs
  • Large Mexican Fiddler Crab366 obs
  • Great Egret339 obs
  • Great Blue Heron327 obs
  • Snowy Egret312 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron290 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/104961231

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