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Terra Nova Park

Terra Nova Park from directly overhead

Terra Nova Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 84 m. Viejas Mountain stands 1,272 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Halecrest Park, a park 0.7 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
84 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.64522, -117.04288

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Big Bird's Rambling River: 4.3 mi
  • Abby's Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Sesame Street Party Parade: 4.4 mi
  • Sesame Street Neighborhood: 4.4 mi
  • Storytime: 4.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Montgomery Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers: 5.4 mi
  • San Ysidro Massacre Memorial: 6.2 mi
  • Olympic Flame: 6.2 mi
  • Chopper, The Navy Seal Dog: 6.3 mi
Gardens: 38
Cliffs: 27
  • South Rim: 6.9 mi
  • Point Loma: 11.7 mi
  • Middle Earth: 12.4 mi
  • Middle Earth: 12.4 mi
  • Middle Earth: 12.4 mi
Beaches: 22
Nature reserves: 18
Springs: 10
  • Sweetwater Spring: 7.0 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Dog Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Echo Spring: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 9.0 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 21.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Terra Nova Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Viejas MountainNE 51°1,272 m23.7 mi
Tecate PeakESE 102°1,184 m21.1 mi
Gaskill PeakENE 71°1,157 m20.1 mi
Lyons PeakENE 76°1,139 m16.7 mi
El Cajon MountainNE 35°1,112 m22.7 mi
Lawson PeakENE 73°1,099 m19.3 mi
Otay MountainESE 107°1,067 m12.1 mi
El CapitanNNE 33°1,026 m22.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4219:2320:00
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, 3 mi away.

  • lemonade berry342 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard285 obs
  • jojoba254 obs
  • Coast Cholla225 obs
  • California Buckwheat186 obs
  • Tornleaf Goldeneye186 obs
  • California sagebrush172 obs
  • Western Honey Bee150 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/44501456

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