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University Gardens Park

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University Gardens Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 116 m. El Capitan stands 1,026 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is University Village Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
116 m
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Coordinates32.85389, -117.19019
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • UCHS Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Live Well San Diego Demonstration Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Sharp Memorial Garden: 4.4 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks
Museums
Beaches: 28
Nature reserves: 27
Cliffs: 26
  • Del Mar Bluff: 7.8 mi
  • Thumb: 8.3 mi
  • The Underworld: 8.3 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 8.3 mi
  • Main Area: 8.3 mi
Springs: 9
  • Dog Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 15.8 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 17.0 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 5.1 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 8.3 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 8.6 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of University Gardens Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El CapitanENE 78°1,026 m21.4 mi
Silverdome IIENE 78°970.36 m20.6 mi
Woodson MountainNE 50°878 m16.6 mi
North Iron MountainNE 54°824 m16.4 mi
Iron MountainENE 59°818 m15.8 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE 56°802 m16.7 mi
Middle SummitENE 57°790 m16.4 mi
San Miguel MountainSE 126°782 m18.3 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 solstice06:4816:0916:47

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard427 obs
  • Pacific poison oak297 obs
  • California Buckwheat253 obs
  • Toyon206 obs
  • Western Honey Bee200 obs
  • lemonade berry187 obs
  • red bush monkeyflower186 obs
  • black sage180 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/25498968

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