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Buckman Springs Rest Area

Buckman Springs Rest Area from directly overhead

Buckman Springs Rest Area is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 996 m. Cuyamaca Peak stands 1,979 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Buckman Springs, a spring 1.0 miles away.

3.3 mi. E. of Pine Valley

How to reach it

Coordinates32.75809, -116.48401

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Long Valley Peak: 3.9 mi
  • Sheephead Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Los Pinos Mountain: 5.7 mi
  • Bronco Peak: 5.8 mi
  • Corte Madera Mountain: 6.2 mi
Springs: 51
  • Buckman Springs: 1.0 mi
  • Yellow Rose Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Lower Morris Meadow springs: 6.2 mi
  • Salazar Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Carl Spring: 8.8 mi
Parks: 38
  • Lake Morena County Park: 4.7 mi
  • Pine Valley County Park: 5.3 mi
  • Laguna Recreation Area: 7.2 mi
  • Desert View Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Potrero County Park: 11.8 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Pacific Crest Trail Southern Terminus: 11.7 mi
  • Cuyamaca Rancho State Park: 12.5 mi
  • Airplane Monument: 12.8 mi
  • Monumento al policia: 15.0 mi
  • Benito Juarez: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
Attractions: 9
  • Moteros: 15.6 mi
  • Mortero Trailhead: 18.4 mi
  • "Hollywood & Vine" Street Sign: 19.2 mi
  • Pictograph Trailhead: 19.5 mi
  • COVID climb: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Kitchen Creek Falls: 1.5 mi
  • The Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Cottonwood Creek: 4.3 mi
  • Three Sisters Waterfalls: 19.0 mi
  • Dry Falls: 19.4 mi
Museums: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Desert View Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Desert View Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Pioneer Mail Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
  • BBQ Area: 21.0 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Magic Water Horse: 11.0 mi
  • Blessed Mother: 17.5 mi
  • Hubbell Gateway: 24.9 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Stuart Alan Whitmore Memorial Garden: 10.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Buckman Springs Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cuyamaca PeakNNW 331°1,979 m14.8 mi
Monument PeakNNE 22°1,904 m10.0 mi
Wooded HillNNE 22°1,894 m6.9 mi
Stephenson PeakNNE 26°1,889 m9.1 mi
Piñon PointNNE 27°1,832 m8.6 mi
North PeakNNW 341°1,826 m18.2 mi
Garnet PeakN 7°1,800 m11.7 mi
Middle PeakNNW 336°1,795 m16.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2518:58
June solstice05:3919:2119:58
September equinox06:3518:1218:44
December solstice06:4516:0716:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424245515765717065564742
Precip in2.74.82.60.90.40.10.70.50.50.71.42.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Laguna #3, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/96681864

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