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South Bay County Biological Study Area

South Bay County Biological Study Area from directly overhead

South Bay County Biological Study Area is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is South Bay Biological Preserve, a park 0.5 miles away. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates32.60329, -117.12302

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • South Bay Biological Preserve: 0.5 mi
  • Triangle Park: 1.4 mi
  • Sellers-Keever Park: 1.4 mi
  • Grand Caribe Shoreline Park: 1.5 mi
  • Coronado Cays Park: 1.5 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers: 1.4 mi
  • Chopper, The Navy Seal Dog: 1.8 mi
  • Montgomery Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • San Ysidro Massacre Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument: 5.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
Gardens: 37
Peaks: 37
Beaches: 22
Cliffs: 19
  • South Rim: 7.3 mi
  • Point Loma: 8.2 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 10.9 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 11.0 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 11.5 mi
Nature reserves: 18
Springs: 8
  • Sweetwater Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Dog Spring: 15.7 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Echo Spring: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 9.4 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 22.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of South Bay County Biological Study Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakENE 72°1,139 m22.0 mi
Lawson PeakENE 70°1,099 m24.6 mi
Otay MountainE 92°1,067 m16.2 mi
Elena MountainENE 75°1,015 m23.7 mi
White MountainE 83°989 m23.7 mi
Barber MountainENE 76°985 m24.5 mi
Mother Grundy PeakE 82°927 m22.5 mi
Sycuan PeakENE 60°840 m21.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4219:2420:00
September equinox06:3718:1418:47
December solstice06:4716:1016:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759606265697069656056
Precip in1.72.11.90.60.10.10.30.00.10.40.80.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Imperial Beach Ream FLD NAS, 3 mi away.

  • Willet750 obs
  • Western Gull583 obs
  • Black-necked Stilt514 obs
  • Snowy Egret490 obs
  • Marbled Godwit484 obs
  • California Gull426 obs
  • Long-billed Curlew367 obs
  • Western Sandpiper363 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/44501255

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