Gun Platform No. 1
Gun Platform No. 1 is a memorial in San Diego County, Southern California, California. Gun Platform No. 1 is situated nearby to Gun Platform No. 2, as well as near the park Ingram Plaza.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include San Diego International Airport and Women’s Museum of California.
San Diego International Airport
San Diego International Airport is the primary airport of San Diego County. San Diego International Airport is located in the south-eastern part of Point Loma-Ocean Beach and is also very close to Balboa Park-Hillcrest and Downtown San Diego San Diego…
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 950 feet north of Gun Platform No. 1.
Rock Church
Church
Photo: Worldbruce, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 1,800 feet west of Gun Platform No. 1.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loma Portal and Midway.
Loma Portal
Neighborhood
Loma Portal is a neighborhood in the community of Point Loma in San Diego, California. It is a hilly area northwest of Rosecrans Street and northeast of Nimitz Boulevard, overlooking San Diego Bay.
Midway
Suburb
Midway is a neighborhood in San Diego, California. It is located at the northern end of the Point Loma peninsula, northwest of downtown San Diego, and just west of Old Town.
Old Town San Diego
Suburb
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Town is a neighborhood in San Diego, California. It contains 230 acres and is bounded by Interstate 8 on the north, Interstate 5 on the west, Mission Hills on the east and south. Old Town San Diego is situated 1½ miles northeast of Gun Platform No. 1.
Gun Platform No. 1
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “The two larger mounts are 5-inch 51 calibre guns which were found on older battleships. This gun was designed to engage surface craft, especially swift torpedo boats that were too fast to be tracked and destroyed by a battleship’s large main guns....”
- Category: historic site
- Location: San Diego County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.73648° or 32° 44′ 11″ northLongitude
-117.21251° or 117° 12′ 45″ westOpen location code
8544PQPP+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 10933981935OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gun Platform No. 1 and Gun Platform No. 2.
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