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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 1,014 m. Magic Mountain stands 1,477 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Oat Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 27 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.32646, -118.60549

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Jane & Bert Boeckmann Park: 2.9 mi
  • Holleigh Bernson Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
  • Moonshine Canyon Park: 3.6 mi
  • Pico Canyon Park: 3.7 mi
  • Jake Kuredjian Park: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Picnic sites: 44
  • Johnson Park: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Tumbleweeds: 5.6 mi
  • Wagon Tracks: 5.6 mi
Springs: 42
Beaches: 14
Waterfalls: 8
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 3.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 4.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 4.4 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 21.1 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 13.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of MRCA Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Magic MountainENE 75°1,477 m16.3 mi
Mendenhall PeakE 85°1,413.1 m16.7 mi
Hopper MountainNW 305°1,381 m18.1 mi
Whitaker PeakNNW 337°1,262 m18.5 mi
Red MountainNNE 15°1,213 m18.6 mi
May PeakE 80°1,203 m10.2 mi
Warm Springs MountainN 5°1,193 m18.7 mi
Oat MountainNE 49°1,138 m0.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4319:3320:10
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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1019175235

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