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Spring Valley County Park

Spring Valley County Park from directly overhead

Spring Valley County Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 81 m. Viejas Mountain stands 1,272 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sweetwater Lane County Park, a park 0.7 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
81 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.70702, -117.00682
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Artworks
  • Mariposa Lane: 1.7 mi
  • Oculus: 7.5 mi
  • Rigors of Flight: 7.6 mi
  • The Big Green Box (SDG&E): 7.8 mi
  • Chicano Park Kiosko: 7.9 mi
Attractions
  • Lemon Grove Big Lemon: 2.8 mi
  • Big Bird's Rambling River: 8.2 mi
  • Abby's Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Sesame Street Party Parade: 8.2 mi
  • Sesame Street Neighborhood: 8.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens: 38
Cliffs: 29
  • Middle Earth: 8.5 mi
  • Middle Earth: 8.5 mi
  • Middle Earth: 8.5 mi
  • Limbo - Deviation: 8.6 mi
  • Limbo: 8.6 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Beaches: 23
Springs: 17
  • Sweetwater Spring: 2.5 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Dog Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Echo Spring: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Adobe Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 8.7 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Spring Valley County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Viejas MountainENE 57°1,272 m19.5 mi
Gaskill PeakE 82°1,157 m17.0 mi
Lyons PeakE 91°1,139 m14.1 mi
El Cajon MountainNE 37°1,112 m18.0 mi
Lawson PeakE 85°1,099 m16.4 mi
Otay MountainSE 129°1,067 m12.2 mi
El CapitanNE 35°1,026 m17.8 mi
Elena MountainE 94°1,015 m16.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2719:00
June solstice05:4119:2320:00
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4716:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575859616366707171676156
Precip in1.82.31.40.70.30.00.10.00.10.40.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chula Vista, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California Buckwheat131 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk120 obs
  • Tornleaf Goldeneye110 obs
  • Black Phoebe103 obs
  • Say's Phoebe101 obs
  • Coast Cholla94 obs
  • California Centaury93 obs
  • House Finch90 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/109830534

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