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Walker-Wangenheim School Park

Walker-Wangenheim School Park from directly overhead

Walker-Wangenheim School Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 151 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mesa Village Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

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Coordinates32.91056, -117.12517
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Eichar's Grave Site: 1.9 mi
  • Camp Elliott Enlisted Swimming Pool Ruins: 4.2 mi
  • El Cuervo Adobe: 5.0 mi
  • Cyanide Vat: 5.6 mi
  • Cyanide Vat: 5.6 mi
Gardens
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Live Well San Diego Demonstration Garden: 5.3 mi
  • East Ocean Air Greenbelt: 5.3 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 27
Cliffs: 25
  • Thumb: 7.2 mi
  • Main Area: 7.2 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 7.2 mi
  • The Underworld: 7.3 mi
  • Limbo - Rift: 7.3 mi
Springs: 12
  • Dog Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 3.2 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 12.1 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 11.7 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 11.9 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Walker-Wangenheim School Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainE 89°1,112 m17.7 mi
El CapitanE 89°1,026 m17.1 mi
Rock MountainE 85°996 m18.3 mi
Silverdome IIE 88°970.36 m16.3 mi
Woodson MountainNE 53°878 m11.2 mi
North Iron MountainENE 59°824 m11.1 mi
Iron MountainENE 67°818 m10.7 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE 62°802 m11.4 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 °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
  • Mallard321 obs
  • American Coot288 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle251 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard182 obs
  • California Buckwheat180 obs
  • Western Honey Bee179 obs
  • Lesser Scaup120 obs
  • Mourning Dove115 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/61760764

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