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Welcome to Winter Gardens ...

Winter Gardens is located in San Diego County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Winter Gardens: Winter Gdns. (or less commonly used: Winter Gardns., Winter Grdens. or Winter Grdns.)

Winter Gardens is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Winter Gardens lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Winter Gardens: 619 & 858<3>

Communities Also Named Winter Gardens ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Winter Gardens: This one is located in San Diego County and the other is located in Los Angeles County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Winter Gardens.

Communities near Winter Gardens ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Winter Gardens.

  • San Diego
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Chula Vista
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • National City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • La Mesa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Poway
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poway
    • Poway is located in San Diego County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,246 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poway <4>
  • Lemon Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Coronado
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Crest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest
    • Crest is located in San Diego County
  • Flinn Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flinn Springs
    • Flinn Springs is located in San Diego County
  • Grossmont
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grossmont
    • Grossmont is located in San Diego County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Winter Gardens. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Winter Gardens.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Winter Gardens. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Winter Gardens.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Winter Gardens. See our Newspapers Page for Winter Gardens.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winter Gardens ...

Looking for more information about Winter Gardens? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Winter Gardens, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Winter Gardens.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Diego, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Winter Gardens - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 619 code has been Overlayed with the 858 area code. New phone numbers in the Winter Gardens area will be assigned with one of these codes: 619 or 858. As a result, placing a call in the Winter Gardens area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.