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BLM Open Space

BLM Open Space from directly overhead

BLM Open Space is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 470 m. Cobblestone Mountain stands 2,042 m to the north, 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.36138, -118.84589
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Big Mountain: 3.3 mi
  • Sulphur Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • Hutton Peak: 5.0 mi
  • Whiteface: 6.3 mi
  • Modelo Peak: 6.7 mi
Parks
  • Borges Park: 3.8 mi
  • Campus Hills Park: 4.0 mi
  • Campus Canyon Park: 4.2 mi
  • Rio Vista Park: 4.2 mi
  • Moorpark College Quad: 4.3 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums: 49
Gardens: 33
Picnic sites: 31
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 10.8 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 10.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 10.9 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 10.9 mi
Springs: 30
  • Arundell Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Rodeo Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Juan Fernandez Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Saputiwah Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Pothole Spring: 12.7 mi
Beaches: 20
Waterfalls: 10
Cliffs: 8
  • Echo Cliffs: 16.9 mi
  • Topatopa Bluff: 17.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.4 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 11.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of BLM Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cobblestone MountainN 356°2,042 m17.2 mi
Hines PeakNW 308°2,041 m16.7 mi
Topatopa BluffWNW 303°1,945 m17.7 mi
Topatopa PeakNNW 327°1,891 m14.7 mi
Devils Heart PeakNNW 330°1,566 m14.7 mi
Whiteacre PeakN 353°1,536 m12.5 mi
Santa Paula PeakWNW 300°1,497 m10.8 mi
Hopper MountainN 352°1,381 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:07
June solstice05:4419:3420:12
September equinox06:4418:2118:54
December solstice06:5916:1116:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555559616772798077696053
Precip in4.24.42.90.80.30.00.00.00.10.50.82.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newhall 5NW, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1093027387

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