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Scripps Ranch Community Park

Scripps Ranch Community Park from directly overhead

Scripps Ranch Community Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Blessed Virgin Mary, a artwork 0.1 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of San Diego Park & Recreation Department
Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.92764, -117.07941
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 0.1 mi
  • Saint Gregory the Great: 0.1 mi
  • The Hawk: 6.5 mi
  • Dionysus Bust: 6.8 mi
  • Untitled Heads: 7.0 mi
Parks
  • Canyon View Pocket Park: 0.3 mi
  • Cypress Valley Mini Park: 0.4 mi
  • Dry Creek Mini Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lake View Neighborhood Park: 0.8 mi
  • Cypress Canyon Park: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Abraxas Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Live Well San Diego Demonstration Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 7.4 mi
Museums
  • Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center: 2.3 mi
  • Poway Heritage Museum: 3.8 mi
  • Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Allen Airways Flying Museum: 9.3 mi
  • Gillespie Field Annex: 9.5 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches: 28
Nature reserves: 26
Cliffs: 26
  • Net Muc: 6.6 mi
  • Thumb: 7.1 mi
  • Main Area: 7.2 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 7.2 mi
  • The Underworld: 7.2 mi
Springs: 14
  • Dog Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Skunk Spring: 14.2 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 5.7 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 13.8 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 20.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 10.2 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 11.0 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Scripps Ranch Community Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainE 93°1,112 m15.1 mi
El CapitanE 93°1,026 m14.5 mi
Rock MountainE 89°996 m15.6 mi
Silverdome IIE 93°970.36 m13.7 mi
Woodson MountainNE 48°878 m8.4 mi
San Vicente MountainE 80°861 m15.8 mi
North Iron MountainENE 57°824 m8.3 mi
Iron MountainENE 67°818 m7.8 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 °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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard311 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard287 obs
  • American Coot278 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle226 obs
  • red bush monkeyflower147 obs
  • lemonade berry129 obs
  • Lesser Scaup123 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird119 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/195246634

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