Sunset Park
Sunset Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of First Military Flight School, a historic site 0.1 miles away. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Site of First Military Flight School: 0.1 mi
- El Camino Real Bell: 0.8 mi
- Memorial to Merchant Seamen: 1.9 mi
- National Salute to Bob Hope and the Military: 1.9 mi
- Unconditional Surrender Monument: 2.0 mi
- L C Bandel Park: 0.2 mi
- Sunset Park: 0.4 mi
- Star Park: 0.7 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.7 mi
- Cutler Field: 0.8 mi
- Coronado Historical Association: 0.7 mi
- Ice House Museum: 1.0 mi
- San Diego Police Museum: 2.0 mi
- San Diego Police Department Exhibit & Jail Cells: 2.0 mi
- USS Midway Museum: 2.0 mi
- Mistletoe: 1.9 mi
- San Diego Convention Center: 2.2 mi
- Sign Welcome to Gaslamp Quarter: 2.3 mi
- Star of India: 2.5 mi
- Californian: 2.5 mi
- Morning: 1.9 mi
- Riparium: 2.0 mi
- Waltzing Matilda: 2.0 mi
- Flame of Friendship: 2.1 mi
- Hand Drawn Sculpture: 2.1 mi
- Marston Point: 3.3 mi
- La Jolla Mesa: 10.4 mi
- Soledad Mountain: 11.1 mi
- Gobblers Knob: 11.7 mi
- Dictionary Hill: 11.8 mi
- The Garden: 0.9 mi
- The Chuang Garden: 2.3 mi
- Phil Swing Memorial Garden: 2.6 mi
- Grand Marina Garden: 2.7 mi
- Kate O. Sessions Cactus Garden: 3.6 mi
- North Beach: 0.1 mi
- Central Beach: 0.4 mi
- Coronado Beach: 0.5 mi
- North Beach: 0.9 mi
- Breakers Beach: 1.1 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Northern Wildlife Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve: 7.6 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 9.5 mi
- Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve: 10.0 mi
- Point Loma: 3.3 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 4.2 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 4.2 mi
- Sunset Cliffs: 4.6 mi
- Swordfish Point: 4.6 mi
- Dog Spring: 12.5 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 13.1 mi
- La Honda Spring: 18.0 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 22.2 mi
- Rock Haven Spring: 24.9 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 4.1 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 9.5 mi
- Adobe Falls: 9.5 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sunset Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | E 88° | 1,139 m | 24.9 mi |
| Otay Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,067 m | 21.2 mi |
| Sycuan Peak | ENE 78° | 840 m | 22.9 mi |
| North Iron Mountain | NNE 33° | 824 m | 25.0 mi |
| Iron Mountain | NE 35° | 818 m | 23.9 mi |
| Ramona Overlook Peak | NE 34° | 802 m | 24.9 mi |
| Middle Summit | NE 34° | 790 m | 24.6 mi |
| San Miguel Mountain | E 88° | 782 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:24 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:10 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 58 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 67 | 62 | 57 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N IS NAS, 1 mi away.
- Western Gull756 obs
- Eccentric Sand Dollar295 obs
- Heermann's Gull243 obs
- Gould Beanclam231 obs
- Pismo Clam227 obs
- Marbled Godwit222 obs
- Striped Shore Crab210 obs
- Willet209 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/233833243
Day trips start here
- Chula Vista · 9 mi
- La Mesa · 11 mi
- El Cajon · 15 mi
- Poway · 21 mi
- Encinitas · 25 mi
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