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MRCA Open Space

MRCA Open Space from directly overhead

MRCA Open Space is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 470 m. May Peak stands 1,203 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday -- Voorhees House, a attraction 0.9 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 26 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.22774, -118.66666

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday -- Voorhees House: 0.9 mi
  • Encino Man -- Family House: 1.5 mi
  • Valley Girl -- Party House: 1.7 mi
  • Munch Box: 4.3 mi
  • Back to the Future Part III -- Doc Brown's Tombstone: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
Artworks
  • Stone Woman Face: 1.3 mi
  • Flying Pig: 2.0 mi
  • LA River - Valley Biome: 4.6 mi
  • LA River - Connect the Valley: 4.6 mi
  • Streams Meet - Become the River: 4.6 mi
Peaks
  • Castle Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Chatsworth Peak: 2.5 mi
  • Dean's Point: 3.3 mi
  • Happy Face Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Laskey Mesa: 3.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
  • The Secret Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Pierce College Farm Fields: 5.6 mi
  • Pierce Farm Pastures and Meadows: 5.7 mi
  • Channel Islands: 6.0 mi
  • Australian Grass Tree: 6.0 mi
Picnic sites: 46
Beaches: 26
Springs: 16
Waterfalls: 8
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Paradise Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 14.3 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.2 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 13.7 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 16.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 7.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of MRCA Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
May PeakENE 58°1,203 m16.1 mi
Oat MountainNNE 28°1,138 m8.0 mi
Contract PointENE 62°1,108 m16.7 mi
BaldyNNW 334°1,029 m17.4 mi
Modelo PeakNNW 334°990 m17.2 mi
Sandstone PeakWSW 244°948 m16.9 mi
Towsley PeakNNE 26°875 m9.9 mi
Castro PeakSW 215°855 m11.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3419:07
June solstice05:4419:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:2018:53
December solstice06:5816:1116:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565760636773787976696156
Precip in3.74.62.70.80.40.10.00.00.10.60.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodland Hills Pierce College, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1132029286

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