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Westside Park

Westside Park from directly overhead

Westside Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 204 m. Rodriguez Mountain stands 1,183 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mercado Neighborhood Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
204 m
Getting there

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Coordinates33.11409, -117.08948
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mercado Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Maple Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Grape Day Park: 0.8 mi
  • Mini Park: 1.1 mi
  • Grove Park: 1.8 mi
Artworks
  • Grande Step Totem: 0.6 mi
  • Muffler Man: 0.9 mi
  • Wired Circle: 4.9 mi
  • Rockwell Steps: 5.3 mi
  • The Hawk: 7.1 mi
Attractions
  • The Kit Carson Park Snake: 2.8 mi
  • Gorilla: 5.3 mi
  • Mawazo Woods Discovery Area: 5.3 mi
  • Elephant Valley: 5.4 mi
  • Platypus: 5.4 mi
Peaks
Gardens: 48
Museums: 42
  • Escondido Museum: 0.8 mi
  • San Diego Children's Discovery Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Vista Historical Society: 9.1 mi
  • Poway Heritage Museum: 10.4 mi
  • Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center: 11.2 mi
Historic sites: 36
Nature reserves: 28
Cliffs: 19
  • Del Mar Bluff: 15.3 mi
  • Net Muc: 17.2 mi
  • Thumb: 20.0 mi
  • Main Area: 20.0 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 20.0 mi
Beaches: 18
Springs: 13
  • Indian Rock Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Bear Spring: 13.7 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • El Salto Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 13.9 mi
  • Washtub Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Upper Barker Valley Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Lower Barker Valley Falls: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 3.1 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 3.7 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Westside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rodriguez MountainNE 52°1,183 m13.6 mi
Woodson MountainSE 137°878 m10.0 mi
North Iron MountainSE 138°824 m11.2 mi
Iron MountainSE 142°818 m12.6 mi
Black ButteENE 71°816 m15.2 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakSE 137°802 m11.9 mi
Middle SummitSE 139°790 m12.0 mi
Mount EllieSE 140°743.712 m11.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2520:01
September equinox06:3718:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:0816:46

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, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Arizona Mantis66 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird62 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard59 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk42 obs
  • House Finch42 obs
  • Monarch38 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk36 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird36 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/44500992

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