Blue Oak Ranch Reserve
Marked no entry. Do not count on getting in.
Blue Oak Ranch Reserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 793 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east-southeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Pala Seca Cabin, a picnic site 0.7 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pala Seca Cabin: 0.7 mi
- Stockman's Group Picnic SIte: 3.5 mi
- Sachi's Rest Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Chappell Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Log Cabin: 4.8 mi
- Pala Seca Cabin: 0.7 mi
- Reverend Hamilton: 5.2 mi
- J. J. Montgomery Monument: 6.5 mi
- Little Calvary: 6.6 mi
- J. J. Montgomery Monument - "Soaring Flight": 6.7 mi
- Antler Point: 0.8 mi
- Mount Day: 2.6 mi
- Masters Hill: 3.5 mi
- Black Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Alum Rock: 3.9 mi
- Frog pond: 2.9 mi
- Sidewinder: 6.2 mi
- Lazy River: 6.2 mi
- Dragon's Den: 6.2 mi
- Shotgun Falls: 6.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.3 mi
- Lake Cunningham Native Garden: 5.9 mi
- Chinese Cultural Garden: 7.6 mi
- Ponderosa Woods: 7.8 mi
- Gray Garden: 7.9 mi
- Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Lick Observatory: 5.7 mi
- San Felipe Ranch's The Nature Conservatory's Conservation Easement: 9.5 mi
- Ohlone Regional Wilderness Area: 9.6 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 9.8 mi
- Alum Rock Science & Nature Center: 4.5 mi
- History Park at Kelley Park: 8.9 mi
- Hellenic Heritage Museum: 8.9 mi
- Chinese American Historical Museum: 8.9 mi
- Portuguese Historical Museum: 9.0 mi
- Alum Rock Park: 4.8 mi
- Groesbeck Hill Park: 4.8 mi
- Fernish Park: 5.0 mi
- Mount Pleasant Park: 5.4 mi
- Tarun Lake Park: 5.5 mi
- Discoveries: 6.6 mi
- Discoveries: 6.6 mi
- Discoveries: 6.6 mi
- Lunar New Year: 7.3 mi
- Health Brings Peace of Heart and Happiness: 7.3 mi
- South Spring: 5.7 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 11.8 mi
- McClure Spring: 12.1 mi
- Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 12.2 mi
- Willow Spring: 13.4 mi
- Murietta Falls: 10.2 mi
- Pinto Creek Falls: 18.3 mi
- Robison Falls: 20.9 mi
- Lower Falls: 21.1 mi
- Granuja Falls: 21.3 mi
- Drawbridge: 15.1 mi
- Lexington: 19.8 mi
- Alma: 20.2 mi
- Wrights: 21.2 mi
- Holy City: 21.4 mi
- The Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 16.5 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 20.9 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 23.3 mi
- Underworld Rock: 23.6 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 13.3 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 13.7 mi
- Niles beach: 20.6 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Blue Oak Ranch Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | ESE 119° | 1,327 m | 5.6 mi |
| Observatory Peak | SE 127° | 1,298 m | 5.2 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | ESE 119° | 1,295 m | 5.7 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | SE 124° | 1,286 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | SE 126° | 1,279 m | 5.1 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | SE 125° | 1,276 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Isabel | SE 127° | 1,275 m | 6.8 mi |
| Galileo Peak | ESE 118° | 1,273 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 59 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Hamilton, 6 mi away.
- American Bullfrog125 obs
- Pacific chorus frog122 obs
- Western Toad107 obs
- California Quail103 obs
- California Ground Squirrel100 obs
- Western Rattlesnake93 obs
- Gopher Snake73 obs
- checkerbloom71 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/827854831
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