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SeaWorld San Diego

Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

4% trees around it and 425 species recorded.

33Forestyas Score

ArboretumBirds

  • trees within 3 km4%
  • wild within 10 km58%
  • species recorded425

The forest around

4% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 5%Grassland 13%Wetland 1%Water 41%Bare ground 5%Built-up 35%Trees 4%Shrubland 0%Grassland 11%Wetland 1%Water 32%Bare ground 5%Built-up 48%Trees 10%Shrubland 1%Grassland 4%Water 35%Bare ground 1%Built-up 49%Trees 12%Shrubland 1%Grassland 4%Water 42%Bare ground 2%Built-up 39%4%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km5%
  • 1–3 km4%
  • 3–6 km10%
  • 6–10 km12%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees4%
  • Shrubland0%
  • Grassland11%
  • Wetland1%
  • Water32%
  • Bare ground5%
  • Built-up48%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

425 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Alkali seaheath
Alkali seaheathFrankenia salina18 recordsFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common iceplant
Common iceplantMesembryanthemum crystallinum12 recordsYummifruitbat · CC BY-SA 4.0
Castor oil plant
Castor oil plantRicinus communis11 recordsNolege · CC BY-SA 3.0
Big saltbush
Big saltbushAtriplex lentiformis10 recordsStan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Menzies' goldenbush
Menzies' goldenbushIsocoma menziesii10 recordsAnthony Valois and the National Park Service · Public domain
California brittlebush
California brittlebushEncelia californica10 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. Curtis Clark assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 2.5
Tree tobacco
Tree tobaccoNicotiana glauca9 recordsMiwasatoshi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Brittlebush
BrittlebushEncelia farinosa9 recordsCopyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted · CC BY-SA 2.5
Rumex spinosus
Rumex spinosusRumex spinosus6 recordsKrzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sweet clover
Sweet cloverMelilotus indicus6 recordsZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sea Rocket
Sea RocketCakile maritima6 recordsJackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Small Nettle
Small NettleUrtica urens6 recordsH. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

33out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 4%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 58%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 425Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking in May.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan17°12°59 mm
  2. Feb17°12°69 mm
  3. Mar17°12°34 mm
  4. Apr18°13°21 mm
  5. May19°14°8 mm
  6. Jun21°15°4 mm
  7. Jul23°18°4 mm
  8. Aug24°19°3 mm
  9. Sep24°18°5 mm
  10. Oct22°17°17 mm
  11. Nov20°15°28 mm
  12. Dec17°13°63 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

SeaWorld San Diego.

Theme park

SeaWorld San Diego is an arboretum in United States.

Seen from space, 4% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 58% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

425 species have been recorded around it: 98 plants, 1 fungi, 314 birds and 12 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Alkali seaheath, Common iceplant and Castor oil plant.

The best time to walk is in May.

Sea World San Diego (25773517555)
Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Fiesta Island Youth Campcampsite · 1.8 km · 6 within 10 km
  • Old Town Innplace to stay · 2.9 km · 282 within 10 km
  • San Diegonearest town · 8.1 km in a straight line
  • San Diego International Airport (SAN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 5 km in a straight lineCar hire at SAN airport (San Diego)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at SAN airport (San Diego)Discover CarsSee prices 

Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.

From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

SeaWorld San Diego seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 4marked trails within 5 kmOceanfront Walk, Hillside Loop, Tecolote Canyon Trail and 1 more
  • 1named and notable trees within 6 kmOld Oak Tree
  • 234picnic sites within 4 km
  • 78shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 6viewpoints within 5 kmView of Mission Bay and 5 more
  • 7visitor centres within 6 kmRobinson Rose Visitor Center, San DIego Mormon Battalion Historic Site, Discover Pacific Beach and 4 more
  • 381car parks within 3 km
  • 6campsites within 10 kmFiesta Island Youth Camp, Mission Bay RV Resort, Campland on the Bay RV resort and campground and 3 more
  • 282places to stay within 10 kmOld Town Inn, The Beach Cottages, Beach Bungalow and 279 more
  • 175restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around SeaWorld San Diego.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas11 mountains within 25 km
Hob Nob Hill7.3 kmLa Jolla Mesa7.5 kmMarston Point7.7 kmMount Soledad251 m · 8.5 kmNorth Fortuna Mountain394 m · 18 kmCarmel Mountain18 kmCowles Mountain486 m · 19 kmKearny Mesa20 km
Coastya15 beaches within 10 km
Crown Point Shores2.2 kmDog Beach2.6 kmLa Playa6.2 kmWindansea Beach8.8 kmMarine Street Beach9.4 kmNorth Beach9.4 kmCoronado City Beach9.7 kmCentral Beach9.8 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Reuben H. Fleet Science CenterBortle 9 · 8.5 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
San Clemente Canyon9.1 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Adobe Falls15 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
San Diego River84 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Mission Bay, San Diego, CA, USA - panoramio (6)
Roman Eugeniusz · CC BY-SA 3.0
USMC-01841
Unknown author · Public domain
San Diego zipline Sea World 1
Bdonjc · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

SeaWorld San Diego

United States

  • 33Forestyas Score
  • 4%Trees
  • 58%Wild
  • 425Species

Cleveland National Forest

United States · 72 km

  • 82Forestyas Score
  • 76%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 205Species

See the guide

San Bernardino National Forest

United States · 113 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 34%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 202Species

See the guide

Angeles National Forest

United States · 193 km

  • 53Forestyas Score
  • 15%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 228Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1946237) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species740,995 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Coastya, Darkskyas, Canyonyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here