Cowles Mountain
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Cowles Mountain rises to 485 m in California. Viejas Mountain stands 1,272 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Dog Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away.
The story
Cowles Mountain (pronounced /koʊ̯lz/, see below) is a prominent mountain in San Carlos, San Diego, California. The 1,593-foot (486 m) summit is the highest point of the city of San Diego. It is protected within Mission Trails Regional Park.
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Wikidata Q5179749, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 485 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pyles Peak: 0.8 mi
- Kwaay Paay Peak: 1.3 mi
- South Fortuna Mountain: 2.1 mi
- North Fortuna Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Mount Helix: 4.2 mi
- Tuxedo Park: 0.9 mi
- San Carlos Recreation Center: 1.2 mi
- San Carlos Community Park: 1.2 mi
- San Carlos Park: 1.2 mi
- Dailard Park: 1.3 mi
- They Cared Memorial: 1.6 mi
- SDSU Sundial: 3.4 mi
- SDSU Veterans Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Aztec Center: 3.5 mi
- John F. Kennedy Memorial: 3.6 mi
- College Area Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Fern Garden: 3.4 mi
- Aztec Cannibus Garden: 3.5 mi
- Lemon Grove Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Live Well San Diego Demonstration Garden: 5.9 mi
- Historical Archaeology and Maya Research (HAMR) Lab: 3.4 mi
- Allen Airways Flying Museum: 3.4 mi
- Gillespie Field Annex: 4.0 mi
- Knox House Museum: 4.2 mi
- Heritage of the Americas Museum: 7.2 mi
- Lemon Grove Big Lemon: 4.9 mi
- Balboa Park Carousel: 8.6 mi
- San Diego Zoo Miniature Railroad: 8.6 mi
- Balboa Park Miniature Railroad Station: 8.6 mi
- Spanish Village Art Center: 8.7 mi
- Mariposa Lane: 5.8 mi
- The Big Green Box (SDG&E): 5.8 mi
- Il Occhiolino: 5.9 mi
- Untitled Heads: 5.9 mi
- Ronald McDonald: 7.0 mi
- Middle Earth: 1.3 mi
- Middle Earth: 1.4 mi
- Middle Earth: 1.4 mi
- Limbo: 1.4 mi
- Limbo - Deviation: 1.4 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 3.2 mi
- San Diego River: 3.8 mi
- Dictionary Hill County Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Elliott Chaparral Reserve: 6.6 mi
- Miramar Mounds National Natural Landmark: 6.6 mi
- Crown Point Shores: 11.8 mi
- Spanish Landing Beach: 11.8 mi
- Coronado Shores Beach: 12.5 mi
- North Beach: 12.6 mi
- Central Beach: 12.7 mi
- Dog Spring: 0.8 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 7.0 mi
- La Honda Spring: 10.6 mi
- Rock Haven Spring: 13.2 mi
- Durasnitos Spring: 15.3 mi
- Adobe Falls: 3.2 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 3.2 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 8.7 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 11.5 mi
- Cedar Creek Falls: 21.4 mi
- Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 18.2 mi
- Ray Love Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- El Arroyo Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Ridgetop Picnic Site: 19.4 mi
- San Pasqual: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Cowles Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viejas Mountain | E 79° | 1,272 m | 18.1 mi |
| Lyons Peak | ESE 116° | 1,139 m | 17.4 mi |
| El Cajon Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,112 m | 14.2 mi |
| Otay Mountain | SE 144° | 1,067 m | 18.6 mi |
| El Capitan | ENE 59° | 1,026 m | 13.8 mi |
| Rock Mountain | ENE 57° | 996 m | 15.2 mi |
| Silverdome II | ENE 56° | 970.36 m | 13.1 mi |
| Woodson Mountain | NNE 15° | 878 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:24 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:14 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 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 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 70 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 61 | 55 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Cajon, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358782618
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