Nature reserve · California
Chumash Park
Chumash Park is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 403 m. Hopper Mountain stands 1,381 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 29 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District
How to reach it
Coordinates34.28668, -118.67539
- 28.8 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Chumash Park: 0.3 mi
- Chumash Park Natural Preserve: 0.4 mi
- White Oaks Park: 0.7 mi
- Verde Park: 0.8 mi
- Simi Hills Neighborhood Park & Fishing Pond: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
- Mount Sinai Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Old Santa Susana Stage Road: 3.2 mi
- Apollo Rocket Engine: 6.2 mi
- Pico No. 4: 6.3 mi
- 18300 Hampton Court: 8.2 mi
Peaks
- Happy Face Hill: 0.7 mi
- Rocky Peak: 2.2 mi
- Dean's Point: 2.5 mi
- Chatsworth Peak: 2.8 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Rancho Simi RPD Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Rancho Simi RPD Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Rancho Simi RPD Open Space: 1.8 mi
- Marr Ranch Open Space: 2.0 mi
- SMMC Open Space: 2.6 mi
Museums
- Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village: 1.7 mi
- Santa Susana Depot: 2.0 mi
- Virginia Watson Chatsworth Museum: 3.9 mi
- Skateboarding Hall of Fame: 5.4 mi
- West Valley Museum: 7.2 mi
Artworks
- Stone Woman Face: 3.4 mi
- Flying Pig: 4.1 mi
- Tiki: 5.6 mi
- Shrine to the Unbord: 5.9 mi
- Sisters of Notre Dame: 6.0 mi
Attractions
- Little house on the prairie - House of the Ingalls family: 3.9 mi
- Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday -- Voorhees House: 4.5 mi
- Little house on the prairie - Walnut Grove Village Centre: 4.5 mi
- Transformers -- Mikaela Under Bumblebee's Hood: 4.5 mi
- Munch Box: 4.8 mi
Gardens
- Pierce College Farm Fields: 8.7 mi
- Pierce Farm Pastures and Meadows: 8.9 mi
- The Secret Garden: 9.0 mi
- Channel Islands: 9.0 mi
- Australian Grass Tree: 9.0 mi
Picnic sites: 38
- Johnson Park: 6.8 mi
- Redwood Grove: 7.5 mi
- shady grass: 8.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
Springs: 31
- Hialeah Springs: 2.7 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 8.2 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 13.3 mi
- Eagle Spring: 13.9 mi
- Los Pinetos Spring: 13.9 mi
Beaches: 26
- Carbon Beach: 17.2 mi
- Carbon - La Costa Beach: 17.2 mi
- La Costa Beach: 17.3 mi
- Big Rock Beach: 17.5 mi
- Ranger Steven's Beach: 17.7 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 12.8 mi
- Paradise Falls: 14.3 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 14.8 mi
- Temescal Falls: 17.1 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.2 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.5 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 17.7 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Mentryville: 7.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Coba Arch: 8.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Chumash Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopper Mountain | NW 321° | 1,381 m | 17.1 mi |
| May Peak | ENE 72° | 1,203 m | 14.8 mi |
| Oat Mountain | NE 55° | 1,138 m | 5.2 mi |
| Contract Point | ENE 76° | 1,108 m | 15.7 mi |
| Kagel Mountain | E 79° | 1,081 m | 16.9 mi |
| Baldy | NNW 328° | 1,029 m | 13.5 mi |
| Modelo Peak | NNW 328° | 990 m | 13.4 mi |
| Oat Mountain | NW 311° | 952 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 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 | 16:49 |
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, 9 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard141 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard62 obs
- Western Honey Bee52 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel51 obs
- Gopher Snake44 obs
- southern coastal bushmallow44 obs
- Thick-leaved Yerba Santa41 obs
- Arizona Mantis39 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/44288975
Day trips start here
- Simi Valley · 2 mi
- Chatsworth · 5 mi
- Calabasas · 9 mi
- Agoura Hills · 10 mi
- Valencia · 10 mi
- Magic Mountain · 11 mi
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