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Spring Canyon Neighborhood Park

Spring Canyon Neighborhood Park from directly overhead

Spring Canyon Neighborhood Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 208 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Glen Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of San Diego Park & Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.93391, -117.09481
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Abraxas Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Live Well San Diego Demonstration Garden: 7.2 mi
Artworks
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 1.1 mi
  • Saint Gregory the Great: 1.1 mi
  • Dionysus Bust: 5.8 mi
  • The Hawk: 5.8 mi
  • Untitled Heads: 7.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
  • Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center: 2.7 mi
  • Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Poway Heritage Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Allen Airways Flying Museum: 10.2 mi
  • Gillespie Field Annex: 10.4 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 26
Cliffs: 26
  • Net Muc: 7.6 mi
  • Thumb: 7.8 mi
  • Main Area: 7.8 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 7.9 mi
  • The Underworld: 7.9 mi
Springs: 13
  • Dog Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Skunk Spring: 15.0 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 4.8 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 14.0 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 20.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 9.9 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 10.3 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Spring Canyon Neighborhood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainE 95°1,112 m16.0 mi
El CapitanE 94°1,026 m15.4 mi
Rock MountainE 90°996 m16.5 mi
Silverdome IIE 94°970.36 m14.6 mi
Woodson MountainNE 54°878 m8.9 mi
San Vicente MountainE 82°861 m16.6 mi
North Iron MountainENE 62°824 m8.8 mi
Iron MountainENE 72°818 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2420:01
September equinox06:3718:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575859616468727472686256
Precip in2.32.71.60.80.30.10.10.00.10.60.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Miramar NAS, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard328 obs
  • American Coot280 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle230 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard203 obs
  • red bush monkeyflower167 obs
  • lemonade berry157 obs
  • California Buckwheat125 obs
  • Lesser Scaup123 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/160696381

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