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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 650 m. Whiteacre Peak stands 1,536 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.36173, -118.63178
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
Parks
  • Pico Canyon Park: 2.9 mi
  • Park Facilities: 3.0 mi
  • Dr Richard H Rioux Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
  • Horse Shoes: 3.0 mi
  • Jake Kuredjian Park: 3.2 mi
Museums
  • William S. Hart Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Bunkhouse: 6.0 mi
  • William S. Hart Ranch House: 6.1 mi
  • Pardee House: 6.2 mi
  • Heritage Junction Historic Park: 6.2 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Springs: 43
Picnic sites: 39
  • Johnson Park: 1.1 mi
  • Paradise Picnic Pavilion: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Tumbleweeds: 6.0 mi
Beaches: 14
Waterfalls: 8
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 6.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 6.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.1 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 23.1 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 14.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of MRCA Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whiteacre PeakNW 312°1,536 m18.5 mi
Magic MountainE 84°1,477 m17.4 mi
Mendenhall PeakE 93°1,413.1 m18.2 mi
Hopper MountainWNW 301°1,381 m15.5 mi
Whitaker PeakNNW 338°1,262 m15.7 mi
Redrock Mountain BenchmarkN 359°1,216 m19.4 mi
Red MountainNNE 22°1,213 m16.7 mi
May PeakE 93°1,203 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:4319:3420:11
September equinox06:4318:2018:53
December solstice06:5816:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555559616772798077696053
Precip in4.24.42.90.80.30.00.00.00.10.50.82.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newhall 5NW, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1018845549

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