Garden · California
Gardens of the World
Gardens of the World is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Oat Mountain stands 1,138 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Civic Arts Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Access
- Customers only
How to reach it
Coordinates34.17662, -118.84813
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Civic Arts Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Mary & Richard Carpenter Park: 0.1 mi
- Monkey Tree: 0.2 mi
- Estella Park: 0.3 mi
- Beyer Park: 0.3 mi
Attractions
- Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Wildwood Tepee: 4.4 mi
- Back to the Future Part III -- Delgado Mine Entrance: 5.0 mi
- Back to the Future Part III -- Boot Hill Cemetery: 5.0 mi
- Back to the Future Part III -- Doc Brown's Tombstone: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Zuniga Ridge Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Glider Hill Open Space: 0.7 mi
- La Jolla Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Fireworks Hill Open Space: 2.0 mi
- Fireworks Hill Open Space: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
- Healing Garden: Borderline Bar Victims Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Wildwood Fort (former site): 3.6 mi
- Martin Luther: 3.7 mi
- Champions: 3.8 mi
- Sai Anantam Ashram: 4.0 mi
Peaks
- Fireworks Hill: 2.0 mi
- Tarantula Hill: 2.6 mi
- Little Tarantula Hill: 2.7 mi
- Little Sandstone Hills: 3.7 mi
- Simi Peak: 4.3 mi
Artworks
- Connejo Cottontails: Westlake Elementary Wizards: 2.3 mi
- Conejo Cottontail: Cece: 2.4 mi
- Conejo Cottontail: Wesley: 2.9 mi
- Conejo Cottontail: Seasons: 3.0 mi
- Cottonsail: 3.1 mi
Museums: 58
- Firefighters Museum: 1.7 mi
- Conejo Valley Art Museum: 1.8 mi
- Timber School: 3.7 mi
- Stagecoach Inn Museum: 3.7 mi
- Reagan Library Grounds: 5.9 mi
Gardens: 58
- Las Flores Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Kids Adventure Garden: 2.3 mi
- Conejo Valley Botanic Garden: 2.3 mi
- Cactus Garden: 5.9 mi
- Native Garden: 6.7 mi
Beaches: 37
- Playa San Juan Leighton: 9.7 mi
- Lechuza Beach: 9.8 mi
- La Piedra Beach: 9.8 mi
- Encinal Beach: 9.8 mi
- El Pescador Beach: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites: 14
- Meadows Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 4.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 4.6 mi
- Wildwood Canyon: 4.7 mi
- Skunk Hollow: 4.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Paradise Falls: 4.4 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 6.2 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 10.0 mi
- Escondido Falls (Lower): 10.1 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 17.0 mi
Springs: 9
- The Grotto: 7.1 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 8.2 mi
- Hialeah Springs: 14.3 mi
- Eagle Spring: 16.8 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Echo Cliffs: 5.7 mi
- Kima Point: 10.5 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 13.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.6 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Coba Arch: 3.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Mentryville: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Gardens of the World. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oat Mountain | NE 53° | 1,138 m | 17.6 mi |
| Sandstone Peak | SW 231° | 948 m | 6.2 mi |
| Tri Peaks | WSW 237° | 917 m | 6.9 mi |
| Exchange Peak | SW 233° | 899 m | 7.0 mi |
| Big Dome | WSW 238° | 887.5 m | 6.7 mi |
| Boney Mountain | SW 235° | 865 m | 7.8 mi |
| Castro Peak | SSE 150° | 855 m | 7.2 mi |
| Saddle Peak | ESE 122° | 851 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:34 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:12 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 65 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camarillo AP, 14 mi away.
- Mallard129 obs
- Western Fence Lizard90 obs
- Pond Slider65 obs
- Western Honey Bee48 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco46 obs
- valley oak43 obs
- House Finch42 obs
- coast live oak40 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/40255606
Day trips start here
- Thousand Oaks · 2 mi
- Agoura Hills · 5 mi
- Camarillo · 11 mi
- Simi Valley · 11 mi
- Calabasas · 12 mi
- Malibu · 12 mi
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