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South Creek Park

South Creek Park from directly overhead

South Creek Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 131 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sabre Highlands Mini-Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

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Coordinates32.94274, -117.07973
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Artworks
  • Saint Gregory the Great: 1.0 mi
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 1.0 mi
  • The Hawk: 5.5 mi
  • Dionysus Bust: 6.5 mi
  • Untitled Heads: 7.9 mi
Gardens
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Abraxas Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Live Well San Diego Demonstration Garden: 8.1 mi
Museums
  • Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center: 1.6 mi
  • Poway Heritage Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Allen Airways Flying Museum: 10.1 mi
  • Gillespie Field Annex: 10.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Sycamore crossing: 6.3 mi
  • Potato Chip Rock: 7.6 mi
  • Martian Mountains: 9.0 mi
  • The Kit Carson Park Snake: 9.6 mi
  • Annie's Canyon: 11.5 mi
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 26
Cliffs: 26
  • Net Muc: 7.2 mi
  • Thumb: 8.2 mi
  • Main Area: 8.2 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 8.2 mi
  • The Underworld: 8.3 mi
Springs: 14
  • Rock Haven Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Dog Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Skunk Spring: 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 5.8 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 14.8 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 9.2 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 10.0 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of South Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainE 97°1,112 m15.2 mi
El CapitanE 97°1,026 m14.6 mi
Rock MountainE 93°996 m15.6 mi
Silverdome IIE 97°970.36 m13.8 mi
Woodson MountainNE 54°878 m7.8 mi
San Vicente MountainE 83°861 m15.7 mi
North Iron MountainENE 63°824 m7.8 mi
Iron MountainENE 75°818 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2420:01
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4816:0916:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575658616467727371676155
Precip in2.83.42.01.10.40.10.10.00.20.71.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rancho Bernardo, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard274 obs
  • red bush monkeyflower101 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird93 obs
  • Western Honey Bee81 obs
  • California Buckwheat80 obs
  • Arizona Mantis77 obs
  • Mourning Dove76 obs
  • California brittlebush75 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 way/129182897

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