El Escorpion Park
El Escorpion Park is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 304 m. May Peak stands 1,203 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is West Hills Recreation Center / Adam Bischoff Soccer Fields, a park 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 25 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 304 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Los Angeles Recreation and Parks Department
How to reach it
- 25.2 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- West Hills Recreation Center / Adam Bischoff Soccer Fields: 0.3 mi
- Knapp Ranch Park: 0.6 mi
- Mae Boyar Recreation Center: 0.8 mi
- Castle Peak Park: 0.9 mi
- Bell Creek Park: 0.9 mi
- Castle Peak: 0.3 mi
- Laskey Mesa: 1.9 mi
- Chatsworth Peak: 4.3 mi
- Red Barn Hill: 4.5 mi
- Chalk Hill: 5.1 mi
- Bell Canyon Park: 0.3 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 2.2 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 2.8 mi
- Old Chatsworth Reservoir: 3.0 mi
- Rocketdyne Santa Susana Field Lab: 3.1 mi
- Encino Man -- Family House: 1.0 mi
- Valley Girl -- Party House: 1.3 mi
- Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday -- Voorhees House: 2.1 mi
- Munch Box: 5.4 mi
- Back to the Future Part III -- Doc Brown's Tombstone: 6.4 mi
- Leonis Adobe: 2.9 mi
- West Valley Museum: 3.4 mi
- Santa Susana Depot: 4.4 mi
- Virginia Watson Chatsworth Museum: 5.1 mi
- Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village: 6.3 mi
- labyrinth: 3.2 mi
- Stone Woman Face: 3.2 mi
- Flying Pig: 3.2 mi
- LA River - Valley Biome: 3.3 mi
- Trolley: 3.3 mi
- The Secret Garden: 3.6 mi
- Pierce Farm Pastures and Meadows: 4.5 mi
- Pierce College Farm Fields: 4.5 mi
- Channel Islands: 4.9 mi
- Old Dawn Redwood: 4.9 mi
- Cleveland Park / Old Trapper's: 4.5 mi
- sun dial: 4.7 mi
- Old Santa Susana Stage Road: 4.9 mi
- Apollo Rocket Engine: 4.9 mi
- Smallwood Fountain: 4.9 mi
- Redwood Grove: 3.3 mi
- shady grass: 3.5 mi
- King Gillette Ranch: 6.9 mi
- Johnson Park: 12.5 mi
- Meadows Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Carbon Beach: 10.9 mi
- Carbon - La Costa Beach: 11.0 mi
- La Costa Beach: 11.1 mi
- Big Rock Beach: 11.2 mi
- Ranger Steven's Beach: 11.6 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 3.1 mi
- Hialeah Springs: 5.9 mi
- Eagle Spring: 8.2 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 9.6 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 15.6 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 8.9 mi
- Temescal Falls: 11.4 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 12.6 mi
- Escondido Falls (Lower): 12.6 mi
- Paradise Falls: 14.3 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 9.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 9.1 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 9.3 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 11.6 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 15.9 mi
- Coba Arch: 7.3 mi
- Mentryville: 12.9 mi
- Spa Palace: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of El Escorpion Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May Peak | NE 51° | 1,203 m | 17.0 mi |
| Oat Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,138 m | 9.8 mi |
| Sandstone Peak | WSW 251° | 948 m | 16.4 mi |
| Tri Peaks | WSW 253° | 917 m | 17.3 mi |
| Exchange Peak | WSW 251° | 899 m | 17.2 mi |
| Big Dome | WSW 253° | 887.5 m | 17.1 mi |
| Towsley Peak | NNE 20° | 875 m | 11.7 mi |
| Castro Peak | SW 223° | 855 m | 10.5 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 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 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, 5 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard191 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard117 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk100 obs
- southern coastal bushmallow78 obs
- Western Honey Bee66 obs
- Sacred Datura65 obs
- Coyote63 obs
- purple sage63 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/829436233
Day trips start here
- Calabasas · 3 mi
- Chatsworth · 5 mi
- Agoura Hills · 6 mi
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area · 7 mi
- Simi Valley · 7 mi
- Topanga · 8 mi
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