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Sefton Plaza

Sefton Plaza from directly overhead

Sefton Plaza is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 79 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Kate Sessions, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
79 m
Getting there

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Coordinates32.73119, -117.15834
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Kate Sessions: 0.0 mi
  • AIDS Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Waldo Waterman Monument: 0.4 mi
  • Blackened Fish Taco: 0.7 mi
  • Stuffed Artichokes: 0.7 mi
Parks
  • Redwood Circle: 0.2 mi
  • Olive Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • Marston Point: 0.4 mi
  • Maple Canyon Open Space: 0.4 mi
  • Tweet Street Linear Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • House of India: 0.3 mi
  • House of Korea: 0.4 mi
  • House of Peru: 0.4 mi
  • House of Ukraine: 0.4 mi
  • House of Chamorros: 0.4 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 59
Cliffs: 26
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.7 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.7 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.7 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.8 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 5.8 mi
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 22
Springs: 10
  • Dog Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 10.9 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 0.6 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 24.0 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 24.4 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Sefton Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakE 95°1,139 m23.0 mi
El Cajon MountainENE 57°1,112 m23.4 mi
Otay MountainESE 117°1,067 m20.5 mi
El CapitanNE 56°1,026 m23.0 mi
Silverdome IINE 55°970.36 m22.3 mi
Woodson MountainNNE 30°878 m22.0 mi
Sycuan PeakE 85°840 m20.5 mi
North Iron MountainNNE 32°824 m21.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2420:00
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585961636567717272686358
Precip in2.02.21.50.60.30.00.10.00.10.50.81.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Intl AP, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard1,662 obs
  • Green Anole1,621 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel1,513 obs
  • Mallard1,478 obs
  • Monarch1,151 obs
  • Western Honey Bee932 obs
  • Black Phoebe813 obs
  • Western Gull710 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/358845955

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