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Tierrasanta Community Park

Tierrasanta Community Park from directly overhead

Tierrasanta Community Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 154 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Tierrasanta regional park, a park 0.9 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
154 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.83001, -117.08802
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tierrasanta regional park: 0.9 mi
  • Tierrasanta regional park: 1.0 mi
  • Roadrunner Park: 1.1 mi
  • BMX course: 1.6 mi
  • Mission Trails Regional Park: 2.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Museums
  • Historical Archaeology and Maya Research (HAMR) Lab: 3.7 mi
  • Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Allen Airways Flying Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Legacy International: 6.9 mi
  • Gillespie Field Annex: 7.1 mi
Attractions
  • Lemon Grove Big Lemon: 6.9 mi
  • Animals in Action: 7.4 mi
  • Balboa Park Carousel: 7.4 mi
  • San Diego Zoo Miniature Railroad: 7.4 mi
  • Balboa Park Miniature Railroad Station: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 27
  • The Underworld: 2.2 mi
  • Thumb: 2.2 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 2.2 mi
  • Limbo: 2.2 mi
  • Limbo - Rift: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Beaches: 24
Springs: 16
  • Dog Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 13.4 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 7.4 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 8.5 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 17.0 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 17.4 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Tierrasanta Community Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainENE 69°1,112 m16.6 mi
El CapitanENE 68°1,026 m16.1 mi
Rock MountainENE 66°996 m17.6 mi
Silverdome IIENE 67°970.36 m15.4 mi
Woodson MountainNNE 29°878 m14.1 mi
San Vicente MountainENE 59°861 m18.7 mi
Sycuan PeakESE 108°840 m17.2 mi
North Iron MountainNNE 33°824 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2420:00
September equinox06:3718:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759626467727473686156
Precip in2.32.61.60.80.30.10.10.00.20.50.91.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Montgomery FLD, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard648 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird458 obs
  • California Buckwheat452 obs
  • lemonade berry449 obs
  • Tornleaf Goldeneye441 obs
  • California Towhee390 obs
  • House Finch386 obs
  • Yellow-faced Bumble Bee383 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/101682600

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