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Joel McCrea Wildlife Refuge

Joel McCrea Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Joel McCrea Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 300 m. San Cayetano Mountain stands 1,275 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is West Hill Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
300 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.23647, -118.85880
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • West Hill Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cañada Park: 0.6 mi
  • Northwood Park: 0.6 mi
  • Spring Meadow Park: 1.1 mi
  • Sunset Hills Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Underwood Family Farms: 1.4 mi
  • Modern Art: 1.4 mi
  • Air Force 1: 2.8 mi
  • Wildwood Tepee: 3.3 mi
  • Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza: 4.3 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Clef: 1.6 mi
  • Tarantula Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Little Tarantula Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Fireworks Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Little Sandstone Hills: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 54
Gardens: 39
Beaches: 37
Picnic sites: 26
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 3.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 3.5 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 3.6 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 3.7 mi
Springs: 16
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 10.0 mi
  • The Grotto: 10.3 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 13.4 mi
  • Arundell Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Rodeo Spring: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Paradise Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Sycamore Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 14.1 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 14.1 mi
  • Punch Bowl: 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Echo Cliffs: 8.6 mi
  • Kima Point: 14.1 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 16.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 4.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Joel McCrea Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Cayetano MountainNNW 334°1,275 m15.6 mi
Oat MountainENE 66°1,138 m16.1 mi
BaldyNNE 13°1,029 m15.4 mi
Modelo PeakNNE 13°990 m15.2 mi
Oat MountainN 350°952 m14.9 mi
Sandstone PeakSSW 208°948 m9.1 mi
Tri PeaksSSW 214°917 m9.5 mi
Exchange PeakSSW 211°899 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:07
June solstice05:4519:3420:11
September equinox06:4418:2118:54
December solstice06:5816:1216:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575758606266697070656156
Precip in2.92.92.00.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.91.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camarillo AP, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358847820

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