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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
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Getting there

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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
Nature reserves
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
Historic sites
  • Martin Luther: 1.1 mi
  • Champions: 1.1 mi
  • Norwegian Grade: 2.1 mi
  • Healing Garden: Borderline Bar Victims Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Danielson Monument: 6.4 mi
Artworks
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
Museums: 54
  • 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
Gardens: 37
Beaches: 36
Picnic sites: 14
  • 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
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
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: 7
  • Echo Cliffs: 6.5 mi
  • Kima Point: 12.1 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 16.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.1 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.3 mi
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 PeakNNW 337°1,497 m17.0 mi
San Cayetano MountainNNW 342°1,275 m16.3 mi
Modelo PeakNNE 18°990 m17.1 mi
Oat MountainN 358°952 m16.2 mi
Sandstone PeakSSW 199°948 m6.9 mi
Tri PeaksSSW 207°917 m7.2 mi
Exchange PeakSSW 204°899 m7.5 mi
Big DomeSSW 207°887.5 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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