San Miguel Mountain
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San Miguel Mountain rises to 782 m in California. Viejas Mountain stands 1,272 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mother Miguel Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away.
The story
San Miguel Mountain is a mountain in Chula Vista, California. It is 2,567' high, and is the 84th highest peak in San Diego County. Because San Miguel is "the highest point close in to the San Diego metro area", it has been home to radio and TV transmitters since the 1960s.
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Wikidata Q21002025, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 782 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mother Miguel Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Gobblers Knob: 3.8 mi
- Dictionary Hill: 3.9 mi
- Jamul Butte: 5.3 mi
- Mount Helix: 5.6 mi
- Heritage of the Americas Museum: 3.2 mi
- Bonita Museum & Cultural Center: 6.2 mi
- Knox House Museum: 7.1 mi
- Women's Museum of California Education Center: 8.8 mi
- Allen Airways Flying Museum: 9.2 mi
- Olympic Flame: 4.6 mi
- Jake Porter Memorial: 7.5 mi
- They Cared Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Aztec Center: 9.4 mi
- SDSU Veterans Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Mariposa Lane: 5.3 mi
- The Big Green Box (SDG&E): 7.2 mi
- Elmo, Ernie, Bert, Big Bird, Oscar, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Henry and Abby's Statue: 8.7 mi
- Oculus: 10.6 mi
- Rigors of Flight: 10.7 mi
- Lemon Grove Big Lemon: 6.3 mi
- Abby's Garden: 8.6 mi
- Sesame Street Party Parade: 8.6 mi
- Storytime: 8.7 mi
- Sesame Street Neighborhood: 8.7 mi
- Steele Canyon County Park: 2.6 mi
- Montevalle: 2.7 mi
- Mount San Miguel Park: 2.8 mi
- Falcon Valley Park: 2.9 mi
- Del Parque County Park: 3.0 mi
- The Water Conservation Garden: 3.2 mi
- Strata Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Lemon Grove Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Aztec Cannibus Garden: 9.1 mi
- College Area Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Proctor Valley Natural Resource Area: 2.7 mi
- Dictionary Hill County Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 9.8 mi
- San Diego River: 10.6 mi
- Silver Strand Natural Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Middle Earth: 11.0 mi
- Limbo: 11.1 mi
- Limbo - Deviation: 11.1 mi
- Limbo - Rift: 11.1 mi
- The Underworld: 11.1 mi
- Coronado Shores Beach: 13.9 mi
- North Beach: 14.2 mi
- Coronado Beach: 14.5 mi
- Central Beach: 14.6 mi
- Breakers Beach: 15.9 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 2.9 mi
- La Honda Spring: 3.4 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 8.4 mi
- Dog Spring: 10.5 mi
- Echo Spring: 11.4 mi
- Adobe Falls: 9.7 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 9.8 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 12.9 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 21.2 mi
- Cedar Creek Falls: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of San Miguel Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viejas Mountain | NE 47° | 1,272 m | 16.7 mi |
| Chiquito Peak | ENE 58° | 1,268 m | 20.0 mi |
| Poser Mountain | NE 52° | 1,186 m | 19.3 mi |
| Tecate Peak | ESE 119° | 1,184 m | 16.5 mi |
| Gaskill Peak | ENE 77° | 1,157 m | 13.1 mi |
| Lyons Peak | E 88° | 1,139 m | 10.0 mi |
| El Cajon Mountain | NNE 24° | 1,112 m | 16.5 mi |
| Lawson Peak | E 80° | 1,099 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:23 | 19:59 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 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 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358795850
Day trips start here
- El Cajon · 7 mi
- La Mesa · 7 mi
- Chula Vista · 8 mi
- Poway · 19 mi
- Ramona · 24 mi
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