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Adobe Falls, a waterfall in California
Adobe Falls, a waterfall in CaliforniaMatt Hoffman from Berkeley, CA · CC BY 2.0

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).

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q18148722, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates32.77988, -117.07058

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens: 60
Museums
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
Artworks
  • Mariposa Lane: 4.6 mi
  • Ronald McDonald: 4.8 mi
  • Multiple: 4.8 mi
  • Il Occhiolino: 5.1 mi
  • Untitled Heads: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 27
  • Middle Earth: 3.3 mi
  • Middle Earth: 3.3 mi
  • Middle Earth: 3.3 mi
  • Limbo - Deviation: 3.3 mi
  • Limbo: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Beaches: 24
Springs: 16
  • 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
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 0.1 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 5.6 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 11.9 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • 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
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Adobe Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakESE 107°1,139 m18.6 mi
El Cajon MountainENE 57°1,112 m17.3 mi
Otay MountainSE 134°1,067 m18.3 mi
El CapitanNE 56°1,026 m16.9 mi
Rock MountainNE 55°996 m18.4 mi
Silverdome IINE 54°970.36 m16.2 mi
Woodson MountainNNE 20°878 m16.8 mi
Sycuan PeakE 96°840 m15.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2420:00
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4816:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759626467727473686156
Precip in2.32.61.60.80.30.10.10.00.20.50.91.6

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs34.183.569.041.215.44.32.72.51.83.47.022.7

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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/3445870749

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