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Sycamore Canyon Park

Sycamore Canyon Park from directly overhead

Sycamore Canyon Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 232 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Stonebridge Park, a park 1.1 miles away.

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Coordinates32.92191, -117.03931
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Stonebridge Park: 1.1 mi
  • General Atomics Park: 1.3 mi
  • Poway Sportspark: 1.5 mi
  • Cypress Canyon Park: 1.6 mi
  • Semillon Blvd. Mini Park: 1.9 mi
Artworks
Museums
  • Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center: 2.4 mi
  • Poway Heritage Museum: 3.3 mi
  • Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Allen Airways Flying Museum: 7.6 mi
  • Gillespie Field Annex: 7.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Goodan Ranch: 3.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Martha Harville Memorial Oak Grove: 4.0 mi
  • Eichar's Grave Site: 5.8 mi
  • Cyanide Vat: 6.3 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Abraxas Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Live Well San Diego Demonstration Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 9.6 mi
Attractions
  • Potato Chip Rock: 7.1 mi
  • Sycamore crossing: 8.5 mi
  • The Kit Carson Park Snake: 11.1 mi
  • Martian Mountains: 11.3 mi
  • Africa Tram: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 28
  • Net Muc: 4.4 mi
  • Thumb: 6.6 mi
  • Main Area: 6.6 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 6.6 mi
  • Limbo - Rift: 6.7 mi
Nature reserves: 26
Beaches: 25
Springs: 19
  • Rock Haven Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Dog Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Skunk Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Indian Head Spring: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 8.0 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 14.3 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 10.7 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 12.3 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Sycamore Canyon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainE 92°1,112 m12.7 mi
El CapitanE 92°1,026 m12.2 mi
Rock MountainE 87°996 m13.3 mi
Silverdome IIE 91°970.36 m11.3 mi
Woodson MountainNNE 34°878 m7.2 mi
San Vicente MountainENE 76°861 m13.6 mi
North Iron MountainNE 43°824 m6.7 mi
Iron MountainNE 55°818 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2420:00
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4816:0916:46

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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • San Diego Barrel Cactus70 obs
  • Orcutt's brodiaea51 obs
  • Weed's Mariposa Lily43 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk42 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard41 obs
  • Western Honey Bee38 obs
  • California Buckwheat33 obs
  • red bush monkeyflower31 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/877463560

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