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 537 m. Mount Gleason stands 1,990 m to the northeast, 9.7 miles off. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.27376, -118.29366

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

Overlooks nearby

Point Grandview · 14 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

MRCA Open Space: 0.7 mi
MRCA Open Space: 1.4 mi
MRCA Open Space: 1.8 mi
Big Tujunga Wash Open Space: 1.8 mi
MCRA: 1.9 mi

Gardens

Howard Finn Community Garden: 1.1 mi
Sunland Community Garden: 2.2 mi
Sunland Community Garden: 2.2 mi
Agave Path: 5.2 mi
Agave Hill: 5.2 mi

Parks

Howard Finn Park: 1.1 mi
Little Landers Park: 1.5 mi
McGroarty Park: 1.6 mi
McGroarty Cultural Art Center: 1.7 mi
Pasko Park: 1.8 mi

Artworks

Elephant Bush: 1.4 mi
The Redoubt: 3.4 mi
Tree of Life: 4.2 mi
Our Community in the Foothills: 4.6 mi
The Birds and Trees of Komitas: 5.7 mi

Museums

Historic sites

Tuna Canyon Detention Station: 3.0 mi
Destroyed Ku Klux Klan Monument: 3.3 mi
KKK Cross: 3.4 mi
Keith Memorial Chair: 3.8 mi
Boy Scout Camp: 4.1 mi

Peaks

Mount Lukens: 3.1 mi
Robert Katz Peak: 3.9 mi
Verdugo Peak: 4.1 mi
La Tuna Peak: 4.3 mi
Condor Point: 4.7 mi

Attractions

Burbank Christmas Tree: 4.9 mi
Enchanted Railroad: 6.9 mi
Letter "H": 6.9 mi
Warner Bros Studio Tour: 8.8 mi
Haunted Picnic Table 29: 9.5 mi

Picnic sites57

Wildwood Picnic: 3.3 mi
Wishing Tree Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
Stonyvale Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
Paul Little: 7.0 mi
North Fork Saddle: 8.2 mi

Springs37

Goldenrod Spring: 1.9 mi
Fascination Spring: 2.1 mi
Yerba Buena Spring: 4.8 mi
Indian Springs: 4.9 mi
Barrel Spring: 5.1 mi

Waterfalls23

Trail Canyon Falls: 3.9 mi
Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 6.9 mi
Royal Falls: 7.7 mi
Upper Switzer Falls: 8.0 mi
Lower Switzer Falls: 8.1 mi

Beaches6

Palisades Beach: 21.4 mi
Will Rogers State Beach: 22.0 mi
Mother's Beach: 22.3 mi
Castle Rock Beach: 22.3 mi
Topanga County Beach: 23.1 mi

Cliffs4

Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 8.0 mi
Porter Ranch Palisades: 14.3 mi
Porter Ranch Palisades: 14.7 mi
Porter Ranch Palisades: 14.9 mi

Hot springs1

Spa Palace: 15.1 mi

Ghost towns1

Mentryville: 19.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of MRCA Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Gleason	NE 43°	1,990 m	9.7 mi
Strawberry Peak	E 86°	1,879 m	9.9 mi
San Gabriel Peak	E 101°	1,878 m	11.3 mi
Messenger Peak	NE 36°	1,833 m	9.2 mi
Mount Disappointment	E 100°	1,819 m	10.9 mi
Mount Lawlor	E 91°	1,807 m	10.8 mi
Mount Deception	E 99°	1,767 m	10.4 mi
Mount Markham	ESE 103°	1,746 m	11.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:58	18:32	19:05
June solstice	05:42	19:32	20:09
September equinox	06:42	18:18	18:51
December solstice	06:56	16:09	16:48

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	59	62	66	70	76	77	75	68	61	55
Precip in	3.0	3.9	2.4	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.7	2.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Glendale Pasadena AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1121584943

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