Calavera Mountain
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Calavera Mountain rises to 154 m in California. Clark stands 1,527 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Carlsbad Highlands Ecological Reserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away.
The story
Cerro de la Calavera (also known as Mount Calavera) is an 513 ft (156 m) ancient plug dome volcano that last erupted 22 million years ago during the subduction of the Farallon Plate. It is located within the city of Carlsbad, California in the United States. Cerro de la Calavera is only one of three volcanic plugs in Southern California and can easily be seen from either northbound Interstate 5 at Cannon Road or westbound on Lake Boulevard. Cerro de la Calavera is located within the Lake Calavera Preserve offering county maintained trails that lead directly into the ancient volcano, making for great hiking adventures. Lake Calavera and the dam that holds it lie in the shadow of the mountain.
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Wikidata Q35733527, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 154 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Riparian Park: 0.9 mi
- Calavera Park: 1.0 mi
- Upper Foothills park: 1.0 mi
- Middle Foothills Park: 1.1 mi
- Lower Foothills Park: 1.2 mi
- San Francisco Peak: 1.0 mi
- Coxey Hill: 1.6 mi
- Mount Hinton: 1.9 mi
- Evans Point: 2.0 mi
- Breeze Hill: 2.1 mi
- Giant Chicken: 1.9 mi
- Lego Statue of Liberty: 3.2 mi
- Lego Mt. Rushmore: 3.2 mi
- Lego Eiffel Tower: 3.2 mi
- Lego Taj Majal: 3.3 mi
- Wave Waterpark: 3.0 mi
- Builders Guild: 3.1 mi
- LEGO City: Deep Sea Adventure: 3.2 mi
- Lego Southern California: 3.2 mi
- Lego San Francisco: 3.2 mi
- 1000-2000 Walkway Planters: 0.6 mi
- El Corazon Senior Center Garden: 3.3 mi
- Alta Vista Gardens: 4.7 mi
- VANC Garden: 5.5 mi
- Arboretum: 6.0 mi
- North County Regional Center San Diego County Law Library: 2.3 mi
- Murray Mission Monument: 5.3 mi
- VANC Honor Wall: 5.5 mi
- Stagecoach Station Ruins: 6.9 mi
- Diegueno Rocks: 8.0 mi
- Model Shop: 3.2 mi
- Museum of Making Music: 3.4 mi
- Green Dragon Tavern and Museum: 3.9 mi
- G - Blacksmith/Wheelwright Shop: 4.5 mi
- J - Steam Tractor Barn: 4.5 mi
- Carlsbad Highlands Ecological Reserve: 0.3 mi
- Lake Calavera Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Dawson-Los Monos Canyon Reserve: 2.1 mi
- Snowy Plover Enclosure: 6.8 mi
- Cardiff State Beach: 10.8 mi
- Tamarack Beach: 4.0 mi
- Saint Malo Beach: 4.6 mi
- South Oceanside Beach: 4.8 mi
- Buccaneer Beach: 5.4 mi
- Oceanside City Beach: 6.3 mi
- Indian Rock Spring: 10.7 mi
- Bottle Peak Spring: 15.6 mi
- Case Spring: 21.0 mi
- Mud Springs: 21.2 mi
- Rock Haven Spring: 21.6 mi
- Royal Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Rotary Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Ridgetop Picnic Site: 10.3 mi
- El Arroyo Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 14.2 mi
- El Salto Falls: 1.3 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 17.7 mi
- Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 20.0 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Northbound): 11.3 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Southbound): 11.9 mi
- Del Mar Bluff: 15.1 mi
- San Onofre Bluff: 20.0 mi
- San Pasqual: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Calavera Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark | N 349° | 1,527 m | 17.3 mi |
| Margarita Peak | NNW 342° | 956 m | 20.2 mi |
| Patrol | N 5° | 884 m | 16.1 mi |
| Mount Olympus | NNE 32° | 667 m | 19.8 mi |
| Starvation Mountain | ESE 115° | 641 m | 18.7 mi |
| Pala Mountain | NE 49° | 636 m | 18.1 mi |
| Bottle Peak | E 92° | 635 m | 16.1 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | E 79° | 632 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:26 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:15 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 63 | 65 | 69 | 71 | 70 | 66 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlsbad Mcclellan Palomar AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 255458 — Cerro de la Calavera, San Diego County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796383
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