Challenger Park
Challenger Park is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 289 m. Oat Mountain stands 1,138 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Rancho Simi RPD Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rancho Simi RPD Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Rancho Simi RPD Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Rancho Simi RPD Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Wood Ranch Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Rancho Simi RPD Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Coyote Statues: 0.8 mi
- Sisters of Notre Dame: 1.1 mi
- Shrine to the Unbord: 1.2 mi
- Wood Ranch Clock: 2.1 mi
- Heading For The Endzone: 5.9 mi
- Oakridge Estates Park: 0.9 mi
- Coyote Hills Park: 0.9 mi
- Old Windmill Park: 1.0 mi
- Sinaloa Youth Ball Fields: 1.4 mi
- Lincoln Park: 1.4 mi
- Back to the Future Part III -- Doc Brown's Tombstone: 2.1 mi
- Back to the Future Part III -- Boot Hill Cemetery: 2.1 mi
- Back to the Future Part III -- Delgado Mine Entrance: 2.1 mi
- Air Force 1: 2.8 mi
- Underwood Family Farms: 4.5 mi
- Simi Peak: 2.5 mi
- Little Sandstone Hills: 2.6 mi
- Whiteface: 5.7 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 6.1 mi
- Mount Clef: 6.3 mi
- Strathearn Museum: 2.8 mi
- Reagan Library Grounds: 2.9 mi
- Skateboarding Hall of Fame: 3.1 mi
- Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village: 4.9 mi
- Santa Susana Depot: 6.7 mi
- Healing Garden: Borderline Bar Victims Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Norwegian Grade: 5.1 mi
- Martin Luther: 5.9 mi
- Champions: 5.9 mi
- Wildwood Fort (former site): 6.9 mi
- Las Flores Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Gardens of the World: 6.0 mi
- Kids Adventure Garden: 6.9 mi
- Conejo Valley Botanic Garden: 7.0 mi
- Cactus Garden: 8.8 mi
- Meadows Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 8.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 8.1 mi
- Wildwood Canyon: 8.2 mi
- Skunk Hollow: 8.3 mi
- Latigo Beach: 14.6 mi
- Puerco Beach: 14.8 mi
- Escondido Beach: 14.9 mi
- Lechuza Beach: 15.0 mi
- Escondido Beach: 15.1 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 6.4 mi
- Hialeah Springs: 8.8 mi
- The Grotto: 13.1 mi
- Eagle Spring: 15.1 mi
- Arundell Spring: 15.6 mi
- Paradise Falls: 7.9 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 11.9 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 13.6 mi
- Escondido Falls (Lower): 13.7 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 15.7 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 11.7 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 13.2 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 13.4 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 13.7 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 15.0 mi
- Coba Arch: 2.6 mi
- Mentryville: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Challenger Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oat Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,138 m | 11.8 mi |
| Baldy | N 355° | 1,029 m | 14.8 mi |
| Modelo Peak | N 355° | 990 m | 14.6 mi |
| Sandstone Peak | SW 227° | 948 m | 12.2 mi |
| Arundell Peak | N 355° | 947 m | 15.8 mi |
| Tri Peaks | SW 231° | 917 m | 12.9 mi |
| Exchange Peak | SW 228° | 899 m | 13.0 mi |
| Big Dome | SW 231° | 887.5 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:34 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:11 | 16:50 |
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 | 56 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 79 | 76 | 69 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodland Hills Pierce College, 12 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard84 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard69 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk60 obs
- Western Honey Bee56 obs
- Desert Cottontail40 obs
- Western Bluebird34 obs
- California fuchsia31 obs
- purple sage31 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/259508059
Day trips start here
- Simi Valley · 5 mi
- Agoura Hills · 6 mi
- Thousand Oaks · 7 mi
- Calabasas · 10 mi
- Chatsworth · 10 mi
- Santa Clara Valley · 11 mi
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