Otay Mountain

Otay Mountain rises to 1,067 m in California. Guatay Mountain stands 1,485 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is White Cross Peak, a peak 2.8 miles away. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Otay Mountain is a mountain in San Diego County, California. It is the highest summit of the San Ysidro Mountains. The mountain is located in the Otay Mountain Wilderness area. The Mexico-United States border runs along the south face of the mountain.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q20537228, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1067 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Otay County Open Space Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Otay Lakes County Park: 5.1 mi
- Lower Otay Lakes Boat Launch & Park: 5.4 mi
- Mountain Hawk: 5.9 mi
- Salt Creek: 6.7 mi
- Olympic Flame: 5.9 mi
- San Ysidro Massacre Memorial: 12.5 mi
- General Lázaro Cárdenas del Río: 12.8 mi
- Benito Juarez: 12.8 mi
- Jake Porter Memorial: 13.0 mi
- TIJUANA: 8.3 mi
- Storytime: 9.7 mi
- Sesame Street Party Parade: 9.7 mi
- Abby's Garden: 9.7 mi
- Sesame Street Neighborhood: 9.7 mi
- Elmo, Ernie, Bert, Big Bird, Oscar, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Henry and Abby's Statue: 9.7 mi
- México: 11.2 mi
- Mis Marcadores: 11.3 mi
- Old International Border Marker 255: 11.3 mi
- About Time: 11.7 mi
- Heritage of the Americas Museum: 11.7 mi
- Bonita Museum & Cultural Center: 12.0 mi
- Museo de Architectura: 12.7 mi
- ICBC: 12.8 mi
- Knox House Museum: 15.6 mi
- White Cross Peak: 2.8 mi
- Tin Can Hill: 3.8 mi
- Donohoe Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Otay Mesa: 5.8 mi
- Little Tecate Peak: 6.6 mi
- Strata Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Jardin Estacionamiento Aeropuerto: 8.2 mi
- The Water Conservation Garden: 11.6 mi
- Tijuana River Valley Community Garden: 14.3 mi
- Lemon Grove Community Garden: 14.8 mi
- South Rim: 10.4 mi
- Bell Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Middle Earth: 19.9 mi
- Middle Earth: 19.9 mi
- Middle Earth: 19.9 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 2.9 mi
- Echo Spring: 4.3 mi
- Lupe Spring: 4.4 mi
- Donohoe Spring: 4.4 mi
- Deerhorn Spring: 9.1 mi
- Coronado Shores Beach: 20.0 mi
- North Beach: 20.4 mi
- Coronado Beach: 20.7 mi
- Central Beach: 20.9 mi
- North Beach: 21.2 mi
- Proctor Valley Natural Resource Area: 6.8 mi
- Dictionary Hill County Preserve: 12.4 mi
- Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve: 16.4 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 17.0 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 18.5 mi
- Adobe Falls: 18.3 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 18.4 mi
- The Falls: 20.2 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 20.4 mi
- Kitchen Creek Falls: 24.3 mi
- Buckman Springs Rest Area: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Otay Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatay Mountain | NE 42° | 1,485 m | 23.3 mi |
| Long Valley Peak | NE 52° | 1,473 m | 22.9 mi |
| Los Pinos Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,466 m | 18.3 mi |
| Corte Madera Mountain | NE 53° | 1,418 m | 18.6 mi |
| Bronco Peak | ENE 65° | 1,276 m | 18.1 mi |
| Viejas Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,272 m | 19.7 mi |
| Chiquito Peak | NNE 33° | 1,268 m | 21.2 mi |
| Morena Butte | ENE 73° | 1,186 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:23 | 19:59 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:46 | 16:09 | 16:46 |
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 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 66 | 60 | 55 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Brown FLD, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 247002 — Otay Mountain, San Diego County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358790132
Day trips start here
- Chula Vista · 12 mi
- El Cajon · 16 mi
- La Mesa · 16 mi
- Poway · 28 mi
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