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Western Hills Park

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Western Hills Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 46 m. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Longfellow Elementary Joint Use Park, a park 0.6 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
46 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.78685, -117.19686
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Longfellow Elementary Joint Use Park: 0.6 mi
  • Tecolote Park: 0.9 mi
  • Garden of the Sky: 1.1 mi
  • Kelly Street Neighborhood Park: 1.1 mi
  • Garden of the Moon: 1.2 mi
Gardens: 60
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • San Diego Presidio: 1.9 mi
  • Fray Junipero Serra: 1.9 mi
  • Site of the Kate Olivia Sessions Nursery: 2.0 mi
  • Fort Stockton: 2.1 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • El Charro: 2.1 mi
  • Multiple: 2.8 mi
  • Ronald McDonald: 2.8 mi
  • St. Mary: 3.0 mi
  • John Lennon Mural: 3.3 mi
Attractions
  • Penguin Encounter: 2.1 mi
  • Wild Arctic Exhibit & Arctic Rescue Rollercoaster: 2.1 mi
  • Wild Arctic: 2.2 mi
  • Shark Encounter and Turtle Reef: 2.2 mi
  • Emperor: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 26
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.0 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.5 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 5.5 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.9 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Beaches: 24
Springs: 8
  • Dog Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 13.8 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 20.5 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 21.4 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 4.3 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 9.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Western Hills Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
El Cajon MountainENE 68°1,112 m23.6 mi
El CapitanENE 67°1,026 m23.1 mi
Silverdome IIENE 66°970.36 m22.4 mi
Woodson MountainNE 41°878 m20.2 mi
Sycuan PeakE 96°840 m22.8 mi
North Iron MountainNE 44°824 m19.8 mi
Iron MountainNE 48°818 m18.9 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakNE 46°802 m19.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2420:01
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555658606264687068655955
Precip in2.32.51.40.60.30.00.10.00.20.60.71.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Seaworld, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard1,284 obs
  • Western Honey Bee580 obs
  • lemonade berry517 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird448 obs
  • House Finch436 obs
  • Garland Daisy395 obs
  • laurel sumac348 obs
  • Mallard343 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/44501512

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