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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 402 m. Reyes Peak stands 2,284 m to the north, 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.34780, -119.21910
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Arroyo Verde Park: 4.1 mi
  • Woodside II Linear Park: 4.5 mi
  • Linear Park: 4.6 mi
  • Woodside Linear Park: 4.6 mi
  • Juanamaria Park: 4.7 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 55
Museums: 35
Historic sites: 25
Beaches: 24
  • Little Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Big Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Surfer's Knoll: 7.9 mi
  • Faria Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Mandalay State Beach: 10.2 mi
Springs: 21
  • Sulphur Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Wilsie Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Bellyache Springs: 12.1 mi
  • Hot Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Kerr Spring: 16.3 mi
Artworks: 19
Gardens: 19
Attractions: 11
Picnic sites: 8
  • Area 2: 5.5 mi
  • Upper Rose Valley Lake Day Use Area: 13.1 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 19.5 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 19.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.7 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Punch Bowl: 11.9 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Rose Valley Falls: 12.6 mi
  • 33 Falls: 12.9 mi
  • White Swift Falls: 13.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Foothill Crag "The Foot": 8.7 mi
  • Topatopa Bluff: 11.6 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 22.7 mi
  • San Ysidro Rock: 24.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Arch Rock: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of BLM Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reyes PeakN 350°2,284 m19.9 mi
Haddock MountainN 356°2,265 m19.1 mi
Thorn PointNNE 16°2,092 m18.6 mi
Hines PeakNE 36°2,041 m13.9 mi
San Rafael PeakNNE 33°2,022 m22.7 mi
Topatopa BluffNNE 31°1,945 m12.2 mi
Topatopa PeakNE 45°1,891 m18.7 mi
Monte AridoNW 313°1,831 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3619:09
June solstice05:4619:3620:13
September equinox06:4618:2218:55
December solstice07:0016:1316:51

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1215154707

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