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Chilean Matorral

Chilean Matorral from directly overhead

Chilean Matorral is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Reyes Peak stands 2,284 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Chilean Wine Palms, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Ventura Botanical Gardens
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.28520, -119.29252
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ventura Botanical Gardens: 0.1 mi
  • Rotary Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Serra Cross Park: 0.2 mi
  • Downtown Mini Park: 0.4 mi
  • California Street Mini Park: 0.4 mi
Peaks
  • Loma de la Cruz: 0.2 mi
  • Red Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Twin Peaks: 7.8 mi
  • Rincon Mountain: 9.5 mi
  • Sulphur Mountain: 10.0 mi
Museums: 41
Nature reserves: 37
Historic sites: 30
  • Junipero Serra: 0.2 mi
  • Mission Cross: 0.2 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 0.4 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 0.4 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 0.4 mi
Beaches: 29
  • Little Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Big Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Surfer's Knoll: 3.5 mi
  • Mandalay State Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Faria Beach: 6.3 mi
Artworks: 23
Gardens: 19
Attractions: 15
Springs: 13
  • Sulphur Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Hot Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Bellyache Springs: 16.1 mi
  • Wilsie Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Kerr Spring: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • 33 Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Punch Bowl: 17.9 mi
  • Rose Valley Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 18.4 mi
  • White Swift Falls: 19.4 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Area 2: 5.1 mi
  • Area 4: 18.3 mi
  • Upper Rose Valley Lake Day Use Area: 18.4 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 21.9 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Foothill Crag "The Foot": 13.0 mi
  • Topatopa Bluff: 17.6 mi
  • San Ysidro Rock: 22.2 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 23.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Arch Rock: 18.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Chilean Matorral. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reyes PeakN 1°2,284 m23.9 mi
Haddock MountainN 7°2,265 m23.6 mi
Thorn PointNNE 23°2,092 m24.1 mi
Hines PeakNE 38°2,041 m19.9 mi
Topatopa BluffNE 36°1,945 m18.1 mi
Monte AridoNNW 331°1,831 m20.2 mi
Chief PeakNNE 24°1,703 m17.1 mi
Old Man MountainNNW 330°1,688 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3619:09
June solstice05:4619:3620:13
September equinox06:4618:2218:55
December solstice07:0016:1316:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565757596164676767656056
Precip in2.93.32.30.70.30.10.00.00.10.50.72.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxnard Ventura CO AP, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Gull258 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel161 obs
  • Monarch152 obs
  • Brown Pelican126 obs
  • Garland Daisy124 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard121 obs
  • Sanderling120 obs
  • Black-bellied Plover120 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12751876280

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