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Sandburg Park

Sandburg Park from directly overhead

Sandburg Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 130 m. Silverdome II stands 970 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Camino Ruiz Park, a park 0.7 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
130 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.92440, -117.14875
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Camino Ruiz Park: 0.7 mi
  • Mesa Viking Park: 0.7 mi
  • Mira Mesa Community Park Expansion: 0.8 mi
  • Winterwood Lane Community Park: 0.9 mi
  • Challenger Lawn: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
Museums
Gardens
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.6 mi
  • East Ocean Air Greenbelt: 4.0 mi
  • UCHS Garden: 5.5 mi
Artworks
  • Dionysus Bust: 3.4 mi
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 4.1 mi
  • Saint Gregory the Great: 4.1 mi
  • Dolphins: 4.7 mi
  • The Renaissance Woman: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 27
Cliffs: 25
  • Del Mar Bluff: 6.9 mi
  • Thumb: 8.8 mi
  • Main Area: 8.8 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 8.8 mi
  • The Underworld: 8.9 mi
Springs: 10
  • Dog Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 17.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 1.7 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 12.9 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 19.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 10.7 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 11.5 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Sandburg Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silverdome IIE 91°970.36 m17.7 mi
Woodson MountainENE 61°878 m11.8 mi
North Iron MountainENE 67°824 m11.9 mi
Iron MountainENE 74°818 m11.7 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE 69°802 m12.3 mi
Middle SummitENE 70°790 m12.0 mi
Mount EllieENE 68°743.712 m11.6 mi
Wildwood MountainENE 72°725.424 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4119:2520:01
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:0916:47

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard319 obs
  • California Buckwheat316 obs
  • Yerba Mansa290 obs
  • Acorn Woodpecker218 obs
  • lemonade berry198 obs
  • Pacific poison oak197 obs
  • Western Honey Bee191 obs
  • Sacred Datura191 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/61770874

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