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Views West Park

Views West Park from directly overhead

Views West Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 167 m. El Capitan stands 1,026 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Peñasquitos Town Center Neighborhood Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
167 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of San Diego
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.95484, -117.11549
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Peñasquitos Town Center Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Ridgewood Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sun Ridge Vista Mini Park: 0.7 mi
  • Overlook Park: 0.9 mi
  • Twin Trails Park: 1.1 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Sycamore crossing: 4.6 mi
  • Martian Mountains: 7.1 mi
  • Potato Chip Rock: 9.0 mi
  • Annie's Canyon: 9.3 mi
  • The Kit Carson Park Snake: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 27
Cliffs: 25
  • Del Mar Bluff: 8.7 mi
  • Net Muc: 9.4 mi
  • Thumb: 9.6 mi
  • Main Area: 9.6 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 9.6 mi
Springs: 12
  • Rock Haven Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Dog Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 4.1 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 15.2 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 18.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 8.7 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 8.8 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Views West Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El CapitanE 99°1,026 m16.8 mi
Silverdome IIE 99°970.36 m15.9 mi
Woodson MountainENE 66°878 m9.2 mi
North Iron MountainENE 74°824 m9.4 mi
Iron MountainE 83°818 m9.3 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE 77°802 m9.8 mi
Middle SummitENE 78°790 m9.6 mi
Mount EllieENE 75°743.712 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2420:01
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 °F575658616467727371676155
Precip in2.83.42.01.10.40.10.10.00.20.71.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rancho Bernardo, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard243 obs
  • Artichoke Thistle179 obs
  • California Buckwheat175 obs
  • lemonade berry164 obs
  • laurel sumac150 obs
  • California brittlebush145 obs
  • Western Honey Bee131 obs
  • fennel122 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/44501291

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