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South Bay Park

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South Bay Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Tecate Peak stands 1,184 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is South Bay Community Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
11 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.57728, -117.09781

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • South Bay Community Park: 0.3 mi
  • Berry Park: 0.9 mi
  • Teeple Park: 0.9 mi
  • Sellers-Keever Park: 0.9 mi
  • Circles Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • SDJC Shark: 0.7 mi
  • Mutt’Tipi—People of the Earth: 1.9 mi
  • Surfhenge: 2.0 mi
  • Banner Art: 2.0 mi
  • Ocean Riders: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers: 0.9 mi
  • Chopper, The Navy Seal Dog: 1.1 mi
  • Montgomery Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • San Ysidro Massacre Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument: 7.5 mi
Attractions
Museums
Gardens: 36
Peaks: 35
Beaches: 22
Cliffs: 19
  • South Rim: 5.2 mi
  • Point Loma: 10.4 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 13.2 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 13.3 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 13.8 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Springs: 8
  • Sweetwater Spring: 12.7 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Dog Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Echo Spring: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 11.5 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tecate PeakE 90°1,184 m23.8 mi
Gaskill PeakENE 63°1,157 m24.8 mi
Lyons PeakENE 66°1,139 m21.3 mi
Lawson PeakENE 64°1,099 m23.9 mi
Otay MountainE 85°1,067 m14.8 mi
Elena MountainENE 70°1,015 m22.8 mi
White MountainENE 78°989 m22.6 mi
Barber MountainENE 71°985 m23.5 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, 1 mi away.

  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron997 obs
  • Savannah Sparrow935 obs
  • Song Sparrow906 obs
  • Snowy Egret848 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird709 obs
  • Northern Harrier686 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard678 obs
  • Willet666 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 node/358792800

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