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Torrey Highlands Park

Torrey Highlands Park from directly overhead

Torrey Highlands Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.96122, -117.22273
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Torrey Highlands Park: 0.0 mi
  • Carmel Creek Park: 0.7 mi
  • Windwood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Carmel Knolls Park: 0.9 mi
  • Carmel Mission Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Martian Mountains: 2.3 mi
  • Sycamore crossing: 3.4 mi
  • Annie's Canyon: 3.8 mi
  • S.S. Encinitas: 7.0 mi
  • S.S. Moonlight: 7.0 mi
Gardens
  • East Ocean Air Greenbelt: 3.4 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 6.8 mi
  • UCHS Garden: 6.9 mi
Museums
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 26
Cliffs: 25
  • Del Mar Bluff: 2.6 mi
  • Thumb: 13.6 mi
  • Main Area: 13.6 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 13.7 mi
  • The Underworld: 13.7 mi
Springs: 8
  • Indian Rock Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Dog Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 18.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 9.5 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 12.2 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 3.5 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 15.3 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 16.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Torrey Highlands Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainENE 77°878 m15.0 mi
North Iron MountainE 82°824 m15.4 mi
Iron MountainE 87°818 m15.5 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakE 84°802 m15.9 mi
Middle SummitE 84°790 m15.7 mi
Mount EllieE 83°743.712 m15.1 mi
Wildwood MountainE 85°725.424 m16.3 mi
Peak 2245E 85°684 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:01
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4916:0916:47

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Wart-stemmed Ceanothus258 obs
  • lemonade berry247 obs
  • Western Honey Bee225 obs
  • black sage219 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard205 obs
  • Toyon205 obs
  • California brittlebush184 obs
  • California Buckwheat166 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/595989174

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