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LA County Open Space

LA County Open Space from directly overhead

LA County Open Space is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 504 m. Mount Gleason stands 1,990 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Construction UCLA, a artwork 1.0 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 22 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Los Angeles County

How to reach it

Coordinates34.33172, -118.46345

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Peaks
  • Los Pinetos: 1.6 mi
  • May Peak: 2.4 mi
  • Manzanita Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Contract Point: 3.3 mi
  • Mission Point: 4.2 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Sylmar Park: 1.9 mi
  • Telfair Park: 2.0 mi
  • Granada Hills Youth Recreation Center: 2.6 mi
  • Rudy Ortega Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
  • El Cariso Park: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Abandoned Oil Rigs: 3.2 mi
  • Convento: 4.1 mi
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Truck Jump into Creek: 6.4 mi
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 7.4 mi
  • Transformers -- Mikaela Under Bumblebee's Hood: 8.5 mi
Picnic sites: 49
  • Wagon Tracks: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
  • Tumbleweeds: 4.8 mi
  • Johnson Park: 9.4 mi
Springs: 38
  • Los Pinetos Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Indian Springs: 7.3 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 2.7 mi
  • Trail Canyon Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 17.4 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Royal Falls: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 11
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 5.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 5.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 5.8 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 18.3 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 20.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 22.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of LA County Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GleasonE 79°1,990 m16.6 mi
Messenger PeakENE 77°1,833 m15.5 mi
Iron MountainE 85°1,717.5 m13.4 mi
Condor PeakE 92°1,658 m13.9 mi
Mount LukensESE 109°1,546.6 m13.5 mi
Condor PointE 93°1,538.3 m13.2 mi
Fox MountainE 94°1,534 m15.1 mi
Mount McKinleyE 87°1,497 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4319:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5716:1016:48

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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1237631144

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