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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 431 m. Sawtooth Mountain stands 1,577 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mentryville, a ghost town 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
Coordinates34.38587, -118.61566
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Park Facilities: 1.3 mi
  • Dr Richard H Rioux Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Horse Shoes: 1.4 mi
  • Pico Canyon Park: 1.9 mi
  • Jake Kuredjian Park: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
Artworks
Museums: 50
  • Bunkhouse: 5.1 mi
  • William S. Hart Museum: 5.1 mi
  • William S. Hart Ranch House: 5.1 mi
  • Pardee House: 5.2 mi
  • Heritage Junction Historic Park: 5.3 mi
Springs: 44
Picnic sites: 36
  • Johnson Park: 0.9 mi
  • Paradise Picnic Pavilion: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Tumbleweeds: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 8
Waterfalls: 5
Cliffs: 4
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.4 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.8 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 16.0 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
Sawtooth MountainN 11°1,577 m19.3 mi
Whiteacre PeakNW 306°1,536 m18.2 mi
Magic MountainE 90°1,477 m16.3 mi
Mendenhall PeakE 98°1,413.1 m17.4 mi
Hopper MountainWNW 294°1,381 m15.6 mi
Redrock MountainN 356°1,355 m18.9 mi
Jupiter MountainNE 37°1,350 m19.1 mi
Whitaker PeakNNW 332°1,262 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1018846663

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