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Walnut Grove Park

Walnut Grove Park from directly overhead

Walnut Grove Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 215 m. Boucher Hill stands 1,651 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Williams Barn, a park 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
215 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.18379, -117.15349
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Williams Barn: 0.2 mi
  • Las Abejas Park: 1.9 mi
  • Foothills Park: 2.0 mi
  • Optimist Park: 2.2 mi
  • Mulberry Park: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Wired Circle: 5.4 mi
  • Rockwell Steps: 5.5 mi
  • Grande Step Totem: 5.8 mi
  • Muffler Man: 5.9 mi
  • Giant Chicken: 9.2 mi
Attractions
Gardens: 53
Historic sites: 42
Museums: 40
  • Vista Historical Society: 3.3 mi
  • Escondido Museum: 5.8 mi
  • San Diego Children's Discovery Museum: 5.8 mi
  • D - Harvester Barn: 6.5 mi
  • B - California Barn (Wagon Exhibit): 6.5 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Springs: 15
  • Indian Rock Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Bear Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Pechanga Hot Springs: 18.8 mi
Beaches: 13
Picnic sites: 8
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 7.3 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 9.2 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • El Salto Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 17.8 mi
  • Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 18.4 mi
  • Washtub Falls: 21.2 mi
  • Upper Barker Valley Falls: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 2
  • Del Mar Bluff: 17.5 mi
  • Net Muc: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Walnut Grove Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boucher HillNE 52°1,651 m17.1 mi
Lone Fir PointNE 50°1,463 m17.1 mi
Rodriguez MountainENE 76°1,183 m14.9 mi
PatrolNNW 338°884 m16.0 mi
Woodson MountainSE 139°878 m16.1 mi
North Iron MountainSE 140°824 m17.3 mi
Paradise MountainE 86°710 m12.7 mi
Mount OlympusN 11°667 m16.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4119:2520:02
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4916:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575760636771767775696256
Precip in3.23.62.21.00.40.10.10.10.20.61.12.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Escondido #2, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard29 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird18 obs
  • Arizona Mantis18 obs
  • California King Snake17 obs
  • Italian Wall Lizard17 obs
  • Noble False Widow17 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk15 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard14 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/113662985

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