Point Loma
Point Loma is a seaside community in San Diego, California, United States. Geographically it is a hilly peninsula that is bordered on the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, the east by San Diego Bay and Old Town, and the north by the San Diego River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States
- Also known as: “Loma Point”, “Point Loma, California”, “Point Loma, San Diego”, and “Punta De La Loma”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dana Middle School and Women’s Museum of California.
Dana Middle School
School
Richard Henry Dana Middle School is a public middle school in San Diego, California. It is part of San Diego Unified School District. The school serves approximately 820 students in grades 5 and 6.
Women’s Museum of California
Museum
The Women's Museum of California is a nonprofit museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, dedicated to women's history. It was founded in 1983. It was first organized under the names the Women's History Reclamation Project and then the Women's History Museum and Educational Center. Women’s Museum of California is situated 2 miles northeast of Point Loma.
Rock Church
Church
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Rock Church is an evangelical megachurch with five campuses located in San Diego, California, specifically in Point Loma, San Marcos, El Cajon, Chula Vista, and City Heights. Rock Church is situated 1½ miles northeast of Point Loma.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wooded Area and Sunset Cliffs.
Wooded Area
Neighborhood
The Wooded Area is a neighborhood in Point Loma, a community of San Diego, California. It encompasses the hilltop area south of Talbot Street on both sides of Catalina Boulevard; the area west of Catalina is also referred to as the College Area.
Sunset Cliffs
Neighborhood
Sunset Cliffs is an affluent coastal community in the Point Loma community of San Diego, California. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west, Ocean Beach to the north, Catalina Blvd. and Santa Barbara St. to the east, and Sunset Cliffs Natural Park to the south.
La Playa
Neighborhood
La Playa is a bayfront neighborhood in the Point Loma community of San Diego, California. It is bordered by San Diego Bay to the east, Naval Base Point Loma to the south, the Wooded Area neighborhood to the west, and Point Loma Village/Roseville-Fleetridge to the north.
Point Loma
- Categories: neighborhood, landform, and locality
- Location: San Diego County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.72653° or 32° 43′ 36″ northLongitude
-117.24445° or 117° 14′ 40″ westElevation
315 feet (96 metres)Open location code
8544PQG4+J6OpenStreetMap ID
node 4837738063OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Point Loma” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوينت لوما، سان دييغو”
- Chinese: “洛玛角”
- Chinese: “聖地亞哥洛馬角”
- Dutch: “Point Loma”
- French: “Point Loma (San Diego)”
- French: “Point Loma”
- German: “Point Loma”
- Hungarian: “Point Loma”
- Italian: “Point Loma”
- Japanese: “ポイントロマ”
- Japanese: “ロマ岬”
- Spanish: “Point Loma (San Diego)”
- Spanish: “Point Loma”
- Swedish: “Point Loma”
- Turkish: “Point Loma, San Diego”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include San Diego City Fire Station 22 and Point Loma Community Park.
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