Nature reserve · California

MRCA Open Space

MRCA Open Space from directly overhead

MRCA Open Space is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,066 m. Pacifico Mountain stands 2,165 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Parker Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 22 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.46072, -118.22401

22.2 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National

Overlooks nearby

Point Grandview · 26 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Parker Mountain: 0.3 mi
Three Sisters Rock: 3.6 mi
Famous Rock: 5.5 mi
Vasquez Rocks: 5.6 mi
Messenger Peak: 5.7 mi

Nature reserves

Parks

Acton Park: 1.7 mi
Soledad Sands Park: 2.1 mi
Cypress Park: 3.1 mi
Vasquez Rocks Park: 5.3 mi
Foothill Park: 8.0 mi

Historic sites

Acton Community Presbyterian Church: 1.7 mi
American Graphite Mine: 12.2 mi
Sylias Hoyt Homestead: 12.7 mi
Car wreck: 14.4 mi
Switzer Camp: 14.5 mi

Gardens

Old Town Community Garden: 11.1 mi
Butterfly Garden: 13.2 mi
El Cariso Mountain Garden: 14.6 mi
Howard Finn Community Garden: 14.6 mi
Hummingbird Garden: 15.0 mi

Attractions

B-52: 12.4 mi
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 12.5 mi
A-12: 12.6 mi
U-2: 12.6 mi
SR-71: 12.6 mi

Artworks

Communitree: 13.5 mi
The Redoubt: 14.2 mi
Dos Picos: 14.8 mi
Elephant Bush: 14.9 mi
Astral Challenger: 15.2 mi

Museums49

Vasquez Rocks Natural Area and Nature Center: 5.9 mi
Joe Davies Heritage Airpark: 12.5 mi
Blackbird Airpark: 12.6 mi
Bolton Hall: 14.8 mi
Placerita Canyon Nature Center: 15.0 mi

Springs47

Magnetic Springs: 4.4 mi
Quail Spring: 5.3 mi
Deer Spring: 6.3 mi
Kentucky Springs: 6.6 mi
Fryingpan Springs: 7.8 mi

Picnic sites44

North Fork Saddle: 5.3 mi
Hidden Springs: 11.2 mi
Wildwood Picnic: 11.5 mi
Stonyvale Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
Switzer Picnic Area: 14.2 mi

Waterfalls20

Trail Canyon Falls: 9.9 mi
Upper Switzer Falls: 14.6 mi
Lower Switzer Falls: 14.7 mi
Royal Falls: 15.1 mi
Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 15.6 mi

Cliffs4

Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 14.6 mi
Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.8 mi
Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.9 mi
Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.1 mi

Ghost towns2

Mentryville: 22.8 mi
Llano Del Rio: 22.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of MRCA Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Pacifico Mountain	ESE 117°	2,165 m	12.1 mi
Granite Mountain	SE 125°	1,998 m	10.7 mi
Mount Gleason	SSE 156°	1,990 m	6.4 mi
Bare Mountain	ESE 108°	1,937 m	13.9 mi
Roundtop	SE 130°	1,908 m	11.6 mi
Mount Hillyer	ESE 123°	1,881 m	14.2 mi
Strawberry Peak	SSE 154°	1,879 m	13.6 mi
San Gabriel Peak	SSE 155°	1,878 m	16.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:57	18:32	19:05
June solstice	05:42	19:32	20:09
September equinox	06:42	18:18	18:51
December solstice	06:56	16:08	16:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	47	50	55	61	68	76	83	82	76	66	54	46
Precip in	1.4	1.8	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palmdale, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1241541737

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