South Bay Biological Preserve
South Bay Biological Preserve is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is South Bay County Biological Study Area, a park 0.5 miles away. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- South Bay County Biological Study Area: 0.5 mi
- Triangle Park: 0.9 mi
- Sellers-Keever Park: 0.9 mi
- Teeple Park: 1.0 mi
- Dunes Park: 1.3 mi
- Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers: 1.0 mi
- Chopper, The Navy Seal Dog: 1.4 mi
- Montgomery Memorial: 3.2 mi
- San Ysidro Massacre Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument: 5.7 mi
- Mutt’Tipi—People of the Earth: 1.1 mi
- The Spirit of Imperial Beach Statue: 1.2 mi
- Sea and Sky: 1.3 mi
- Ocean Riders: 1.3 mi
- Surfhenge: 1.4 mi
- San Diego Electric Railway Association & National City Depot Museum: 4.4 mi
- Museum of American Treasures: 6.1 mi
- Bonita Museum & Cultural Center: 6.6 mi
- Ice House Museum: 6.7 mi
- Coronado Historical Association: 7.0 mi
- Las Americas Premium Outlets: 5.8 mi
- Big Bird's Rambling River: 6.3 mi
- Games of Skill: 6.3 mi
- Rosita's Harmony Hills: 6.3 mi
- Dance Party: 6.3 mi
- Tijuana River Valley Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- The Garden: 6.7 mi
- The Chuang Garden: 8.2 mi
- Phil Swing Memorial Garden: 8.6 mi
- Strata Community Garden: 9.0 mi
- Spooners Mesa: 4.3 mi
- Rock Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Gobblers Knob: 8.9 mi
- Marston Point: 9.3 mi
- Mother Miguel Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Coronado Shores Beach: 6.4 mi
- North Beach: 6.8 mi
- Coronado Beach: 7.1 mi
- Central Beach: 7.2 mi
- North Beach: 7.5 mi
- South Rim: 6.9 mi
- Point Loma: 8.6 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 11.4 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 11.5 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 12.0 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve: 2.9 mi
- Dictionary Hill County Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Proctor Valley Natural Resource Area: 11.5 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 13.0 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 12.4 mi
- Dog Spring: 16.0 mi
- La Honda Spring: 16.1 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 17.7 mi
- Echo Spring: 20.2 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 9.9 mi
- Adobe Falls: 12.9 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 13.0 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of South Bay Biological Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | ENE 71° | 1,139 m | 21.9 mi |
| Lawson Peak | ENE 69° | 1,099 m | 24.5 mi |
| Otay Mountain | E 91° | 1,067 m | 16.0 mi |
| Elena Mountain | ENE 74° | 1,015 m | 23.6 mi |
| White Mountain | E 82° | 989 m | 23.6 mi |
| Barber Mountain | ENE 75° | 985 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mother Grundy Peak | E 80° | 927 m | 22.3 mi |
| Sycuan Peak | ENE 59° | 840 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:24 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 16:10 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 57 | 59 | 60 | 62 | 65 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 60 | 56 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Imperial Beach Ream FLD NAS, 2 mi away.
- Snowy Egret845 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron817 obs
- Willet817 obs
- Savannah Sparrow669 obs
- Western Gull555 obs
- Black-necked Stilt534 obs
- Osprey532 obs
- American Wigeon488 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358846482
Day trips start here
- Chula Vista · 5 mi
- La Mesa · 13 mi
- El Cajon · 17 mi
- Poway · 26 mi
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