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South Mission Beach Park

South Mission Beach Park from directly overhead

South Mission Beach Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mission Point - Mission Bay Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Getting there

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Coordinates32.76025, -117.25252
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mission Point - Mission Bay Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ocean Beach Park: 0.5 mi
  • Mariner's Point - Mission Bay Park: 0.6 mi
  • Mission Beach Park: 0.6 mi
  • Drum Circle Beach: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Ocean Beach Tidepools: 1.0 mi
  • Shipwreck Rapids: 1.4 mi
  • California Tide Pool: 1.4 mi
  • Aquarium de la Mer: 1.4 mi
  • Cirque de Neon: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens: 59
Peaks: 55
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 22
Cliffs: 20
  • Sunset Cliffs: 1.8 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 2.4 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 2.4 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 3.0 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 3.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 6.0 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 12.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Dog Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 16.5 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 23.0 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 24.4 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainNE 44°878 m23.7 mi
North Iron MountainNE 46°824 m23.4 mi
Iron MountainNE 50°818 m22.6 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakNE 48°802 m23.5 mi
Middle SummitNE 48°790 m23.2 mi
San Miguel MountainESE 103°782 m18.9 mi
Mount EllieNE 47°743.712 m23.0 mi
Wildwood MountainNE 50°725.424 m23.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:01
September equinox06:3818:1518:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555658606264687068655955
Precip in2.32.51.40.60.30.00.10.00.20.60.71.8

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Snowy Egret2,362 obs
  • Western Gull2,248 obs
  • Great Blue Heron1,838 obs
  • Willet1,564 obs
  • Little Blue Heron1,488 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron1,340 obs
  • Brown Pelican1,290 obs
  • Marbled Godwit1,062 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/358845194

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