Skip to content
Byway
Park · California

Star Park

Star Park from directly overhead

Star Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Coronado Historical Association, a museum 0.1 miles away. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.68396, -117.18100
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Coronado Historical Association: 0.1 mi
  • Ice House Museum: 0.3 mi
  • San Diego Police Museum: 1.9 mi
  • San Diego Police Department Exhibit & Jail Cells: 1.9 mi
  • The New Children's Museum: 2.1 mi
Parks
Historic sites
  • El Camino Real Bell: 0.1 mi
  • Site of First Military Flight School: 0.7 mi
  • Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument: 1.4 mi
  • Memorial to Merchant Seamen: 1.8 mi
  • National Salute to Bob Hope and the Military: 2.0 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks: 52
Gardens: 38
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 21
Cliffs: 20
  • Point Loma: 3.7 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 4.9 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 4.9 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.3 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 5.3 mi
Springs: 8
  • Dog Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 12.6 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Echo Spring: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 4.1 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 16.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakE 87°1,139 m24.3 mi
Otay MountainESE 107°1,067 m20.5 mi
Sycuan PeakENE 77°840 m22.3 mi
North Iron MountainNNE 31°824 m24.9 mi
Iron MountainNNE 33°818 m23.8 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakNNE 33°802 m24.8 mi
Middle SummitNNE 32°790 m24.5 mi
San Miguel MountainE 86°782 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2420:00
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585860626466707271676257
Precip in1.71.91.40.60.50.10.10.00.20.60.81.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N IS NAS, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Gull947 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron407 obs
  • Mallard384 obs
  • Eccentric Sand Dollar300 obs
  • Heermann's Gull297 obs
  • Snowy Egret267 obs
  • Striped Shore Crab245 obs
  • Marbled Godwit231 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/44501241

More parks in California

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore parks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Star Park.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens