Oak of the Golden Dream
Oak of the Golden Dream is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 464 m. Mount Gleason stands 1,990 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Placerita Canyon Nature Center, a museum 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 24 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 24.4 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Placerita Canyon Nature Center: 0.2 mi
- Heritage Junction Historic Park: 3.0 mi
- Pardee House: 3.0 mi
- William S. Hart Ranch House: 3.1 mi
- Bunkhouse: 3.2 mi
- Hummingbird Garden: 0.3 mi
- Butterfly Knoll: 4.1 mi
- Meditation Garden: 4.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.4 mi
- Central Park Gardens: 4.9 mi
- Manzanita Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Los Pinetos: 1.7 mi
- May Peak: 3.0 mi
- Contract Point: 4.4 mi
- Mission Point: 5.7 mi
- Bothwell Park: 1.4 mi
- Aliento Park: 1.6 mi
- Fair Oaks Ranch HOA Park: 1.7 mi
- The Ranch at Fair Oaks Community Center: 2.5 mi
- Pacific Grove HOA Park: 2.7 mi
- Communitree: 2.9 mi
- Canyon Dreamscape: 3.8 mi
- Construction UCLA: 3.9 mi
- Dos Picos: 5.1 mi
- Guernica to Home: 6.7 mi
- Fritz' Grave: 3.1 mi
- Car wreck: 3.4 mi
- ASCE National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Plaque: 4.0 mi
- ValleyCrest Telfair Park: 5.0 mi
- Dr. Mario A. De Campos Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Los Pinetos Spring: 1.9 mi
- Barrel Spring: 7.9 mi
- Indian Springs: 8.2 mi
- Fascination Spring: 10.3 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 10.5 mi
- Wagon Tracks: 3.2 mi
- Tumbleweeds: 3.2 mi
- Paradise Picnic Pavilion: 7.9 mi
- Johnson Park: 8.4 mi
- Ducks Delight: 12.0 mi
- Placerita Canyon State Park: 0.6 mi
- East Walker Ranch Open Space: 2.5 mi
- Stevenson Family Open Space: 2.8 mi
- LA County Open Space: 3.2 mi
- Wildwood Canyon Open Space: 3.8 mi
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 0.5 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 12.9 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 19.1 mi
- Royal Falls: 19.8 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 19.8 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 23.8 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 23.8 mi
- Topanga County Beach: 24.2 mi
- Palisades Beach: 24.6 mi
- Big Rock Beach: 25.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.3 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 19.8 mi
- Mentryville: 8.0 mi
- Coba Arch: 21.7 mi
- Spa Palace: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Oak of the Golden Dream. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Gleason | E 90° | 1,990 m | 16.7 mi |
| Messenger Peak | E 89° | 1,833 m | 15.6 mi |
| Iron Mountain | E 98° | 1,718 m | 14.0 mi |
| Condor Peak | ESE 104° | 1,658 m | 14.8 mi |
| Mount McDill | NE 40° | 1,576 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Lukens | ESE 119° | 1,547 m | 15.2 mi |
| Condor Point | ESE 106° | 1,538 m | 14.1 mi |
| Fox Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,534 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunset.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:10 | 16:48 |
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 | 55 | 55 | 59 | 61 | 67 | 72 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 69 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newhall 5NW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13531388948
Day trips start here
- Santa Clarita · 3 mi
- Santa Clarita Valley · 3 mi
- Valencia · 5 mi
- Magic Mountain · 8 mi
- North Valley · 10 mi
- San Fernando Valley · 10 mi
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