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Tecolote Park

Tecolote Park from directly overhead

Tecolote Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 20 m. El Capitan stands 1,026 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is 9/11 Memorial, a historic site 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
20 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.77456, -117.19940
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • San Diego Presidio: 1.1 mi
  • Fray Junipero Serra: 1.1 mi
  • Fort Stockton: 1.2 mi
  • Mormon Battalion Monument: 1.2 mi
Parks
  • Garden of the Sky: 0.4 mi
  • Garden of the Sea: 0.4 mi
  • Garden of the Moon: 0.4 mi
  • Silver Terrance Mini Park: 0.8 mi
  • Longfellow Elementary Joint Use Park: 0.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • Penguin Encounter: 1.5 mi
  • Wild Arctic Exhibit & Arctic Rescue Rollercoaster: 1.5 mi
  • Emperor: 1.5 mi
  • Wild Arctic: 1.5 mi
  • Electric Eel: 1.6 mi
Peaks
Gardens: 59
Cliffs: 26
  • Sunset Cliffs: 4.3 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 4.7 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 4.8 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.2 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 24
Springs: 7
  • Dog Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 13.7 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 3.8 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 21.3 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 22.2 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Tecolote Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El CapitanENE 65°1,026 m23.6 mi
Silverdome IIENE 64°970.36 m22.9 mi
Woodson MountainNE 39°878 m20.9 mi
Sycuan PeakE 93°840 m22.9 mi
North Iron MountainNE 43°824 m20.5 mi
Iron MountainNE 46°818 m19.6 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakNE 44°802 m20.6 mi
Middle SummitNE 45°790 m20.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

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

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555658606264687068655955
Precip in2.32.51.40.60.30.00.10.00.20.60.71.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Seaworld, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard994 obs
  • Western Honey Bee561 obs
  • lemonade berry499 obs
  • Snowy Egret437 obs
  • Western Gull435 obs
  • Garland Daisy415 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird404 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron365 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/157976982

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