Nature reserve · California
Harmon Canyon Preserve
Harmon Canyon Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 204 m. Haddock Mountain stands 2,265 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Linear Park, a park 1.6 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Ventura Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates34.30697, -119.20358
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Linear Park: 1.6 mi
- Juanamaria Park: 1.7 mi
- Arroyo Verde Park: 1.8 mi
- Hobert Park: 2.1 mi
- Woodside II Linear Park: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Rancho Ventura: 2.2 mi
- BLM Open Space: 2.4 mi
- BLM Open Space: 2.5 mi
- BLM Open Space: 2.7 mi
- BLM Open Space: 2.8 mi
Peaks
- Loma de la Cruz: 5.5 mi
- Sulphur Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Red Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Black Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Twin Peaks: 9.8 mi
Museums: 37
- Dudley House: 2.9 mi
- Mission San Buenaventura Museum and Gift Shop: 5.6 mi
- A J Comstock Fire Museum: 5.7 mi
- Albinger Archeological Museum: 5.7 mi
- Museum of Ventura County: 5.8 mi
Beaches: 28
- Little Beach: 4.9 mi
- Big Beach: 4.9 mi
- Surfer's Knoll: 5.9 mi
- Mandalay State Beach: 7.7 mi
- Mandalay Beach: 8.3 mi
Artworks: 24
- VC: 2.3 mi
- Ventura V: 3.9 mi
- Coastal Conversion: 4.8 mi
- Century Theatres Mural: 4.9 mi
- Phoenix: 5.3 mi
Historic sites: 23
- Cannon: 5.4 mi
- Junipero Serra: 5.5 mi
- Mission Cross: 5.5 mi
- Mission Chumash Barracks: 5.7 mi
- Mission Chumash Barracks: 5.7 mi
Gardens: 19
Springs: 15
- Sulphur Spring: 11.3 mi
- Wilsie Spring: 12.8 mi
- Bellyache Springs: 15.0 mi
- Hot Spring: 15.4 mi
- Kerr Spring: 18.6 mi
Attractions: 12
- San Buenaventura City Hall: 5.4 mi
- The Sunburst Railbikes: 8.8 mi
- Hartley Botanica: 14.4 mi
- Chumash Demonstration Village: 17.6 mi
- Carpinteria Tar Pit: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 8
- Area 2: 7.3 mi
- Upper Rose Valley Lake Day Use Area: 15.8 mi
- Skunk Hollow: 17.5 mi
- Wildwood Canyon: 17.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 17.7 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Punch Bowl: 13.2 mi
- Jackson Falls: 13.9 mi
- White Swift Falls: 15.1 mi
- Rose Valley Falls: 15.3 mi
- 33 Falls: 15.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Foothill Crag "The Foot": 11.6 mi
- Topatopa Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 20.2 mi
- Kima Point: 23.8 mi
Natural arches: 2
- Arch Rock: 21.9 mi
- Coba Arch: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Harmon Canyon Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haddock Mountain | N 354° | 2,265 m | 22.0 mi |
| Thorn Point | NNE 12° | 2,092 m | 21.1 mi |
| Hines Peak | NNE 27° | 2,041 m | 15.9 mi |
| Topatopa Bluff | NNE 22° | 1,945 m | 14.3 mi |
| Topatopa Peak | NE 37° | 1,891 m | 20.2 mi |
| Monte Arido | NW 317° | 1,831 m | 22.0 mi |
| Chief Peak | N 8° | 1,703 m | 14.2 mi |
| Old Man Mountain | NW 316° | 1,688 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:36 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:13 | 16:51 |
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 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 65 | 60 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxnard Ventura CO AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/899021463
Day trips start here
- Ventura · 3 mi
- Ventura County · 7 mi
- Oxnard · 8 mi
- Santa Paula · 9 mi
- Ojai · 10 mi
- Camarillo · 11 mi
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