Inspiration Point
Inspiration Point is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 849 m. Sandstone Peak stands 948 m to the east-northeast, 0.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Boney Peak, a peak 0.1 miles away.
The story
Cliff in Ventura County, California, United States.
Wikidata Q49469139, matched on coordinates and name (53 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Boney Peak: 0.1 mi
- Exchange Peak: 0.2 mi
- Tri Peaks: 0.6 mi
- Skull Rock: 0.6 mi
- Big Dome: 0.6 mi
- Banyan Park: 2.9 mi
- Hickory Park: 3.2 mi
- Wendy Park: 3.2 mi
- Dos Vientos Neighborhood Park: 3.5 mi
- Cypress Park: 3.7 mi
- Tessie the Giraffe: 4.3 mi
- Connejo Cottontails: Westlake Elementary Wizards: 5.6 mi
- Cottonsail: 6.9 mi
- Conejo Cottontail: Cece: 7.1 mi
- Conejo Cottontail: Seasons: 8.2 mi
- Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center: 2.6 mi
- Timber School: 4.6 mi
- Stagecoach Inn Museum: 4.6 mi
- Sycamore Canyon Nature Center: 5.1 mi
- Wishtoyo Foundation's Chumash Discovery Village: 5.3 mi
- Old Cabin: 1.4 mi
- Danielson Monument: 1.4 mi
- Ranch House Ruins: 5.6 mi
- Old Reservoir: 5.8 mi
- Wildwood Fort (former site): 7.4 mi
- Deer Ridge Open Space: 2.8 mi
- Deer Creek Open Space: 3.3 mi
- Dos Vientos Open Space: 3.4 mi
- Arroyo Sequit: 3.6 mi
- Dandelion Open Space: 4.3 mi
- County Line Beach: 4.6 mi
- Yerba Buena Beach: 4.6 mi
- Staircase Beach: 4.8 mi
- Leo Carrillo State Beach: 5.0 mi
- Nicholas Canyon Beach: 5.2 mi
- Native Garden: 2.6 mi
- Conejo Valley Botanic Garden: 6.2 mi
- Kids Adventure Garden: 6.3 mi
- Gardens of the World: 6.8 mi
- Las Flores Community Garden: 7.8 mi
- Chumash Demonstration Village: 2.5 mi
- Santa Monica College Astronomical Observing Site: 3.7 mi
- Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza: 6.7 mi
- Wildwood Tepee: 7.0 mi
- Modern Art: 10.1 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 1.7 mi
- Paradise Falls: 7.0 mi
- Escondido Falls (Lower): 10.6 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 10.6 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 21.5 mi
- Wildwood Canyon: 6.9 mi
- Oak Grove: 6.9 mi
- Skunk Hollow: 7.0 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 7.0 mi
- Meadows Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- The Grotto: 1.4 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 14.1 mi
- Hialeah Springs: 21.1 mi
- Eagle Spring: 21.5 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 1.1 mi
- Kima Point: 5.1 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 14.9 mi
- Coba Arch: 10.7 mi
- Arch Rock: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Inspiration Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandstone Peak | ENE 67° | 948 m | 0.7 mi |
| Tri Peaks | NW 313° | 917 m | 0.6 mi |
| Exchange Peak | SW 235° | 899 m | 0.2 mi |
| Big Dome | NNW 337° | 888 m | 0.6 mi |
| Boney Mountain | WSW 251° | 865 m | 1.0 mi |
| Castro Peak | ESE 103° | 855 m | 9.3 mi |
| Saddle Peak | E 99° | 851 m | 16.7 mi |
| Rocky Peak | NE 55° | 797 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:34 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:12 | 16:51 |
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 | 56 | 55 | 57 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 55 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — PT Mugu NF, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1350996488
Day trips start here
- Thousand Oaks · 6 mi
- Camarillo · 9 mi
- Agoura Hills · 11 mi
- Malibu · 12 mi
- Oxnard · 15 mi
- Port Hueneme · 15 mi
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