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Champions

Champions from directly overhead

Champions is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 233 m. Santa Paula Peak stands 1,497 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Heading For The Endzone, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Built
10/18/2014
Material
bronze
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.22624, -118.87860
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kingsmen Park (Pepper Tree Grove): 0.2 mi
  • Memorial Field: 0.2 mi
  • Buth Park: 0.2 mi
  • Spring Meadow Park: 0.3 mi
  • Butterfly Park: 0.4 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Clef: 0.7 mi
  • Tarantula Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Little Tarantula Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Fireworks Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Elliott Mountain: 3.3 mi
Attractions
  • Modern Art: 1.8 mi
  • Wildwood Tepee: 2.0 mi
  • Underwood Family Farms: 2.5 mi
  • Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza: 3.9 mi
  • Air Force 1: 4.1 mi
Historic sites: 56
Museums: 54
  • Conejo Valley Art Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Firefighters Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Stagecoach Inn Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Timber School: 3.9 mi
  • Reagan Library Grounds: 4.0 mi
Artworks: 52
Gardens: 38
Nature reserves: 35
Beaches: 35
Picnic sites: 21
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 2.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 2.2 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 2.3 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 2.4 mi
Springs: 15
  • The Grotto: 9.2 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 14.6 mi
  • Arundell Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Rodeo Spring: 17.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Paradise Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Sycamore Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 13.9 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 13.9 mi
  • Punch Bowl: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 5.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Champions. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santa Paula PeakNNW1,497 m16.6 mi
San Cayetano MountainNNW1,275 m15.8 mi
BaldyNNE1,029 m16.3 mi
Modelo PeakNNE990 m16.1 mi
Oat MountainN952 m15.5 mi
Sandstone PeakSSW948 m7.9 mi
Tri PeaksSSW917 m8.3 mi
Exchange PeakSSW899 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:08
June solstice05:4519:3420:11
September equinox06:4418:2118:54
December solstice06:5816:1216:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575758606266697070656156
Precip in2.92.92.00.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.91.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camarillo AP, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12423585492

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