Stephen Tyng Mather
Stephen Tyng Mather is a memorial in San Diego County, Southern California, California. Stephen Tyng Mather is situated nearby to Cabrillo National Monument Library, as well as near the park Point Loma Ecological Reserve.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Point Loma Lighthouse and Point Loma Lighthouse.
Old Point Loma Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The original Point Loma Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located on the Point Loma peninsula at the mouth of San Diego Bay in San Diego, California. Old Point Loma Lighthouse is situated 960 feet southwest of Stephen Tyng Mather.
Point Loma Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The New Point Loma Lighthouse is a lighthouse at the southern tip of the Point Loma peninsula in San Diego, California. Point Loma Lighthouse is situated 3,500 feet south of Stephen Tyng Mather.
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
Cemetery
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Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery is a federal military cemetery in San Diego, California. It is located on the grounds of the former Army coastal artillery station Fort Rosecrans and is administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery is situated 1 mile north of Stephen Tyng Mather.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Playa and Point Loma-Ocean Beach.
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. La Playa is situated 2½ miles north of Stephen Tyng Mather.
Point Loma-Ocean Beach
Photo: Weedwhacker128, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sitting at the mouth of San Diego Bay on a peninsula west of the city's airport, Point Loma offers a pleasant diversion from the city's busy tourist-filled neighborhoods and beaches, with lovely scenery and the historic attractions of Cabrillo National Monument overlooking the area's spectacular coastline.
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. Wooded Area is situated 3 miles north of Stephen Tyng Mather.
Stephen Tyng Mather
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “He laid the foundation of the National Park Service defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come and end to the good that he has done.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: San Diego County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.67433° or 32° 40′ 28″ northLongitude
-117.23957° or 117° 14′ 23″ westOpen location code
8544MQF6+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 814679444OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cabrillo National Monument Library and Point Loma Ecological Reserve.
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