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Norwegian Grade

Norwegian Grade from directly overhead

Norwegian Grade is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 279 m. San Cayetano Mountain stands 1,275 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Joel McCrea Wildlife Refuge, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Material
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Getting there

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Coordinates34.23422, -118.86496
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • West Hill Park: 0.7 mi
  • Northwood Park: 0.7 mi
  • Spring Meadow Park: 0.8 mi
  • Cañada Park: 1.0 mi
  • Kingsmen Park (Pepper Tree Grove): 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Clef: 1.2 mi
  • Tarantula Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Little Tarantula Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Fireworks Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Elliott Mountain: 4.2 mi
Attractions
  • Modern Art: 1.3 mi
  • Underwood Family Farms: 1.6 mi
  • Wildwood Tepee: 2.9 mi
  • Air Force 1: 3.2 mi
  • Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 55
Museums: 55
Artworks: 52
Gardens: 43
Nature reserves: 36
Beaches: 36
Picnic sites: 21
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 3.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 3.2 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 3.2 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 3.3 mi
Springs: 15
  • The Grotto: 10.0 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 13.8 mi
  • Arundell Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Rodeo Spring: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Paradise Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Sycamore Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 14.1 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 14.1 mi
  • Punch Bowl: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 4.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Norwegian Grade. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Cayetano MountainNNW1,275 m15.6 mi
BaldyNNE1,029 m15.6 mi
Modelo PeakNNE990 m15.4 mi
Oat MountainN952 m15.0 mi
Sandstone PeakSSW948 m8.8 mi
Tri PeaksSSW917 m9.1 mi
Exchange PeakSSW899 m9.4 mi
Big DomeSSW888 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:07
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, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13324376052

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