Adobe Falls
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Adobe Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 86 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Adobe Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away.
The story
Adobe Falls is a seasonal waterfall on a tributary of the San Diego River. The area is owned and managed by San Diego State University (SDSU). It is a popular natural tourist attraction, though there is no legal public access to this location. The San Diego Historical Resources Board declared the falls a historic landmark in 1973 (San Diego Historic Landmark #80).
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Wikidata Q18148722, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Historical Archaeology and Maya Research (HAMR) Lab: 0.2 mi
- Women's Museum of California Education Center: 5.0 mi
- San Diego Mineral & Gem Society: 5.5 mi
- San Diego Natural History Museum: 5.6 mi
- Reuben H. Fleet Science Center: 5.6 mi
- Van Niekerk Quad: 0.2 mi
- Mediterranean Garden: 0.2 mi
- Faculty Staff Club outside patio.: 0.2 mi
- Parking Box for Digital Permits: 0.3 mi
- Campanile Park: 0.3 mi
- Cowles Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Pyles Peak: 3.5 mi
- Kwaay Paay Peak: 3.6 mi
- South Fortuna Mountain: 3.9 mi
- North Fortuna Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Lemon Grove Big Lemon: 3.5 mi
- Balboa Park Carousel: 5.4 mi
- San Diego Zoo Miniature Railroad: 5.5 mi
- Balboa Park Miniature Railroad Station: 5.5 mi
- Spanish Village Art Center: 5.5 mi
- Mariposa Lane: 4.6 mi
- Ronald McDonald: 4.8 mi
- Multiple: 4.8 mi
- Il Occhiolino: 5.1 mi
- Rex's Roar: 5.5 mi
- SDSU Sundial: 0.3 mi
- SDSU Veterans Memorial: 0.4 mi
- John F. Kennedy Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Aztec Center: 0.5 mi
- They Cared Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Fern Garden: 0.2 mi
- College Area Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Aztec Cannibus Garden: 0.7 mi
- Lemon Grove Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Water Conservation Garden: 3.9 mi
- Adobe Falls Ecological Reserve: 0.1 mi
- Dictionary Hill County Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Miramar Mounds National Natural Landmark: 6.1 mi
- San Diego River: 7.0 mi
- Elliott Chaparral Reserve: 8.1 mi
- Spanish Landing Beach: 8.8 mi
- Coronado Shores Beach: 9.4 mi
- North Beach: 9.4 mi
- Crown Point Shores: 9.4 mi
- Central Beach: 9.5 mi
- Middle Earth: 3.3 mi
- Limbo - Deviation: 3.3 mi
- Limbo: 3.4 mi
- The Underworld: 3.4 mi
- Limbo - Rift: 3.4 mi
- Dog Spring: 3.2 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 6.9 mi
- La Honda Spring: 11.5 mi
- Rock Haven Spring: 16.1 mi
- Hubbard Spring: 18.1 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 0.1 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 5.6 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 11.9 mi
- Cedar Creek Falls: 24.5 mi
- Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 20.4 mi
- Ray Love Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- El Arroyo Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Ridgetop Picnic Site: 21.0 mi
- San Pasqual: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Adobe Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | ESE 107° | 1,139 m | 18.6 mi |
| El Cajon Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,112 m | 17.3 mi |
| Otay Mountain | SE 134° | 1,067 m | 18.3 mi |
| El Capitan | NE 56° | 1,026 m | 16.9 mi |
| Silverdome II | NE 54° | 970 m | 16.2 mi |
| Woodson Mountain | NNE 20° | 878 m | 16.8 mi |
| San Vicente Mountain | NE 49° | 861 m | 19.9 mi |
| Sycuan Peak | E 96° | 840 m | 15.5 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 | 06:48 | 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 | 57 | 57 | 59 | 62 | 64 | 67 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Montgomery FLD, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 34.1 | 83.5 | 69.0 | 41.2 | 15.4 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 22.7 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge San Diego R A Mast RD NR Santee CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3445870749
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