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Scripps Shoreline Underwater Reserve

Scripps Shoreline Underwater Reserve from directly overhead

Scripps Shoreline Underwater Reserve is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is The Legacy, a artwork 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
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Coordinates32.86671, -117.25559
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks
Museums
Gardens
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 28
Cliffs: 19
  • Del Mar Bluff: 5.7 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 9.1 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 9.7 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 9.8 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 10.4 mi
Springs: 7
  • Dog Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 16.2 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 18.2 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 6.2 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 10.8 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 12.3 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Scripps Shoreline Underwater Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainENE 59°878 m19.2 mi
North Iron MountainENE 63°824 m19.2 mi
Iron MountainENE 67°818 m18.8 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE 65°802 m19.5 mi
Middle SummitENE 65°790 m19.3 mi
San Miguel MountainESE 122°782 m22.0 mi
Mount EllieENE 64°743.712 m18.9 mi
Wildwood MountainENE 67°725.424 m19.8 mi
Conditions

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 solstice06:4916:1016:47

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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California Sea Lion8,163 obs
  • Brandt's Cormorant4,692 obs
  • Brown Pelican4,044 obs
  • Western Gull3,761 obs
  • Heermann's Gull1,547 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel1,413 obs
  • Harbor Seal1,283 obs
  • Leopard Shark1,267 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 node/358821904

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