Nature reserve · California
BLM Open Space
BLM Open Space is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 545 m. Sewart Mountain stands 2,076 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Fisherman's Rest, a picnic site 0.4 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Bureau of Land Management
How to reach it
Coordinates34.53859, -118.60158
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- BLM Open Space: 2.1 mi
- BLM Open Space: 2.4 mi
- BLM Open Space: 3.0 mi
- BLM Open Space: 4.0 mi
- Tapia Canyon Open Space: 4.1 mi
Parks
- Camino Del Valle Park: 3.7 mi
- Castaic Sports Complex: 3.8 mi
- Pacific Crest Park: 6.3 mi
- Hasley Canyon Equestrian Center: 6.3 mi
- Cheseborough Park: 6.5 mi
Peaks
- Warm Springs Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Loma Verde: 4.8 mi
- Townsend Peak: 5.3 mi
- Red Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Redrock Mountain Benchmark: 7.5 mi
Attractions
- Scream!: 7.6 mi
- Twisted Colossus: 7.7 mi
- Character Meet and Greets: 7.7 mi
- Goliath: 7.7 mi
- Tornado: 7.7 mi
Historic sites: 54
- Dom & Brian's Last Ride Site: 4.8 mi
- St. Francis Dam: 5.1 mi
- Dry Canyon Reservoir water outlet structure: 5.8 mi
- Paul Walker Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Hagop "Jake" Kuredjian Memorial: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 49
- Maps and Maping: The Firefighter's Life Line: 6.2 mi
- Communitree: 11.8 mi
- Canyon Dreamscape: 17.1 mi
- Construction UCLA: 17.2 mi
- Dos Picos: 18.5 mi
Springs: 43
- Cienaga Spring: 5.9 mi
- Ruby Spring: 6.8 mi
- Fisher Spring: 7.4 mi
- Plum Spring: 7.9 mi
- Oak Flat Spring: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 28
- Sustainable Landscape Demonstration Garden: 8.3 mi
- Central Park Gardens: 8.5 mi
- Meditation Garden: 9.2 mi
- Butterfly Knoll: 9.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Fisherman's Rest: 0.4 mi
- Sharon's Rest: 0.4 mi
- Hideaway: 2.0 mi
- Heron's Haven: 2.1 mi
- Shady Acres: 2.1 mi
Museums: 24
- William S. Hart Ranch House: 12.0 mi
- Bunkhouse: 12.1 mi
- Pardee House: 12.1 mi
- William S. Hart Museum: 12.1 mi
- Heritage Junction Historic Park: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.3 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.3 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 13.7 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Mentryville: 11.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of BLM Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewart Mountain | WNW 292° | 2,076 m | 18.8 mi |
| Cobblestone Mountain | WNW 288° | 2,042 m | 15.9 mi |
| Snowy Peak | WNW 295° | 1,990 m | 18.0 mi |
| White Mountain | WNW 295° | 1,889 m | 15.4 mi |
| Black Mountain | WNW 298° | 1,884 m | 16.8 mi |
| Burnt Peak | N 8° | 1,761 m | 10.0 mi |
| Liebre Mountain | NNW 344° | 1,758 m | 12.8 mi |
| Sawmill Mountain | NNE 12° | 1,672 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:34 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:10 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 55 | 59 | 61 | 67 | 72 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 69 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newhall 5NW, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1337304259
Day trips start here
- Castaic · 4 mi
- Magic Mountain · 8 mi
- Santa Clarita · 10 mi
- Santa Clarita Valley · 11 mi
- Valencia · 11 mi
- Simi Valley · 18 mi
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