Nature reserve · California

BLM Open Space

BLM Open Space from directly overhead

BLM Open Space is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 791 m. Pacifico Mountain stands 2,165 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 22 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by: Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

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Coordinates34.45217, -118.25430

22.0 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National

Overlooks nearby

Point Grandview · 26 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Parks

Cypress Park: 1.4 mi
Soledad Sands Park: 3.3 mi
Acton Park: 3.5 mi
Vasquez Rocks Park: 4.0 mi
Stonecrest Park: 7.4 mi

Peaks

Three Sisters Rock: 1.8 mi
Parker Mountain: 2.1 mi
Famous Rock: 4.2 mi
Vasquez Rocks: 4.3 mi
Saddleback Mountain: 5.7 mi

Historic sites

Acton Community Presbyterian Church: 3.5 mi
American Graphite Mine: 10.7 mi
Sylias Hoyt Homestead: 12.3 mi
Car wreck: 12.7 mi
Oak of the Golden Dream: 13.4 mi

Museums

Vasquez Rocks Natural Area and Nature Center: 4.6 mi
Placerita Canyon Nature Center: 13.2 mi
Bolton Hall: 13.9 mi
Joe Davies Heritage Airpark: 14.1 mi
Blackbird Airpark: 14.1 mi

Gardens

Butterfly Garden: 11.4 mi
Old Town Community Garden: 12.8 mi
El Cariso Mountain Garden: 12.9 mi
Hummingbird Garden: 13.1 mi
Howard Finn Community Garden: 13.6 mi

Artworks

Communitree: 11.7 mi
Dos Picos: 13.2 mi
The Redoubt: 13.6 mi
Elephant Bush: 13.8 mi
Canyon Dreamscape: 13.8 mi

Attractions

Abandoned Oil Rigs: 11.8 mi
B-52: 14.0 mi
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 14.0 mi
A-12: 14.1 mi
U-2: 14.1 mi

Springs44

Quail Spring: 3.9 mi
Magnetic Springs: 4.7 mi
Deer Spring: 6.7 mi
Fryingpan Springs: 7.7 mi
Yerba Buena Spring: 7.8 mi

Picnic sites44

North Fork Saddle: 4.5 mi
Wildwood Picnic: 10.9 mi
Hidden Springs: 11.6 mi
Stonyvale Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
Switzer Picnic Area: 14.3 mi

Waterfalls20

Trail Canyon Falls: 9.1 mi
Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 13.8 mi
Upper Switzer Falls: 14.6 mi
Lower Switzer Falls: 14.7 mi
Royal Falls: 15.1 mi

Cliffs4

Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 14.6 mi
Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.0 mi
Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.2 mi
Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.4 mi

Ghost towns2

Mentryville: 20.9 mi
Llano Del Rio: 24.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of BLM Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Pacifico Mountain	ESE 111°	2,165 m	13.4 mi
Granite Mountain	ESE 118°	1,998 m	11.8 mi
Mount Gleason	SE 140°	1,990 m	6.8 mi
Bare Mountain	ESE 104°	1,937 m	15.4 mi
Roundtop	ESE 123°	1,908 m	12.6 mi
Mount Hillyer	ESE 118°	1,881 m	15.4 mi
Strawberry Peak	SSE 147°	1,879 m	13.9 mi
San Gabriel Peak	SSE 148°	1,878 m	17.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:57	18:32	19:05
June solstice	05:42	19:32	20:09
September equinox	06:42	18:18	18:51
December solstice	06:57	16:09	16:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	47	50	55	61	68	76	83	82	76	66	54	46
Precip in	1.4	1.8	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palmdale, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1241545200

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