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Green Ranch

Green Ranch from directly overhead

Green Ranch is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 402 m. Magic Mountain stands 1,477 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Gopher Canyon (Native Plant Restoration Area), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 25 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Los Angeles County
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.29483, -118.59270

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Jane & Bert Boeckmann Park: 0.8 mi
  • Holleigh Bernson Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Moonshine Canyon Park: 1.6 mi
  • Mason Park: 2.5 mi
  • Viking Park: 2.9 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Transformers -- Mikaela Under Bumblebee's Hood: 2.4 mi
  • Munch Box: 2.6 mi
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 5.2 mi
  • Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday -- Voorhees House: 5.8 mi
  • Valley Girl -- Party House: 6.6 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Picnic sites: 52
  • Johnson Park: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
  • Wagon Tracks: 6.8 mi
  • Tumbleweeds: 6.8 mi
Springs: 35
Beaches: 20
Waterfalls: 10
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 2.2 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 2.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 2.8 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 19.2 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 12.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Green Ranch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Magic MountainENE 67°1,477 m16.3 mi
Mendenhall PeakENE 77°1,413.1 m16.3 mi
May PeakENE 67°1,203 m10.1 mi
Oat MountainN 349°1,138 m2.5 mi
Contract PointENE 73°1,108 m11.0 mi
The PinnacleENE 75°1,094 m14.7 mi
Kagel MountainENE 77°1,081 m12.2 mi
BaldyNW 313°1,029 m16.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:2018:53
December solstice06:5716:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575760636772777876696256
Precip in3.43.92.40.70.40.10.00.00.10.60.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northridge CAL State, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1093462712

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