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Big Rock Preserve

Big Rock Preserve from directly overhead

Big Rock Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Reyes Peak stands 2,284 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Foster Park Day Use, a park 0.4 miles away. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Ventura Landtrust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.35078, -119.30401
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Foster Park Day Use: 0.4 mi
  • Foster Park: 0.6 mi
  • Solana Heights Dog Park: 3.1 mi
  • Willet Park: 3.1 mi
  • Yana Park: 3.1 mi
Peaks: 54
  • Red Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Twin Peaks: 3.5 mi
  • Loma de la Cruz: 4.6 mi
  • Krotona Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Rincon Mountain: 6.8 mi
Museums: 44
Artworks: 35
Nature reserves: 28
Beaches: 28
Attractions: 27
Historic sites: 24
  • Mission Cross: 4.6 mi
  • Junipero Serra: 4.6 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 4.8 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 4.8 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 4.8 mi
Gardens: 20
Springs: 15
  • Sulphur Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Hot Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Bellyache Springs: 11.6 mi
  • Wilsie Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Kerr Spring: 18.8 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • 33 Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Rose Valley Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Punch Bowl: 15.9 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 16.3 mi
  • White Swift Falls: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Foothill Crag "The Foot": 8.8 mi
  • Topatopa Bluff: 14.8 mi
  • San Ysidro Rock: 19.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Little Caliente Spring: 22.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Arch Rock: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Rock Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reyes PeakN 4°2,284 m19.4 mi
Haddock MountainN 11°2,265 m19.2 mi
Thorn PointNNE 30°2,092 m20.3 mi
Hines PeakNE 50°2,041 m17.1 mi
Topatopa BluffNE 48°1,945 m15.2 mi
Topatopa PeakNE 54°1,891 m22.2 mi
Monte AridoNW 325°1,831 m16.0 mi
Chief PeakNE 35°1,703 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3619:09
June solstice05:4619:3620:13
September equinox06:4618:2218:55
December solstice07:0016:1316:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505154586266727270635549
Precip in5.15.23.41.10.50.10.10.00.10.81.32.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ojai, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/899231247

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