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Wildwood Fort (former site)

Wildwood Fort (former site) from directly overhead

Wildwood Fort (former site) is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Santa Paula Peak stands 1,497 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildflower Playfield, a park 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Material
wood
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.21464, -118.89242
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wildflower Playfield: 0.3 mi
  • Suburbia Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lynnmere Park: 0.8 mi
  • Buth Park: 0.9 mi
  • Memorial Field: 0.9 mi
Attractions
  • Wildwood Tepee: 1.0 mi
  • Modern Art: 2.7 mi
  • Underwood Family Farms: 3.6 mi
  • Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza: 3.7 mi
  • Hartley Botanica: 5.2 mi
Peaks
  • Tarantula Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Mount Clef: 1.4 mi
  • Little Tarantula Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Fireworks Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Elliott Mountain: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 55
  • Champions: 1.1 mi
  • Norwegian Grade: 2.1 mi
  • Healing Garden: Borderline Bar Victims Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Danielson Monument: 6.4 mi
  • Old Cabin: 6.5 mi
Museums: 53
  • Conejo Valley Art Museum: 2.4 mi
  • Firefighters Museum: 2.5 mi
  • Stagecoach Inn Museum: 2.8 mi
  • Timber School: 2.8 mi
  • Reagan Library Grounds: 5.1 mi
Artworks: 52
Nature reserves: 35
Gardens: 35
Beaches: 35
Springs: 14
  • The Grotto: 8.2 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 15.6 mi
  • Arundell Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Rodeo Spring: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 1.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 1.3 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 1.3 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 1.5 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Paradise Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Sycamore Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 13.5 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 13.5 mi
  • Punch Bowl: 19.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 6.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Wildwood Fort (former site). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santa Paula PeakNNW1,497 m17.0 mi
San Cayetano MountainNNW1,275 m16.3 mi
Modelo PeakNNE990 m17.1 mi
Oat MountainN952 m16.2 mi
Sandstone PeakSSW948 m6.9 mi
Tri PeaksSSW917 m7.2 mi
Exchange PeakSSW899 m7.5 mi
Big DomeSSW888 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3519:08
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, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9936313658

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