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Nike Missile Launch Site LA-88 (Closed)

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Nike Missile Launch Site LA-88 (Closed) is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 699 m. Magic Mountain stands 1,477 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Transformers -- Mikaela Under Bumblebee's Hood, a attraction 0.9 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 27 miles off.

Oat Mountain LA-88 Nike Missile Launch Site (Closed)

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Los Angeles
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.31288, -118.60927

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Jane & Bert Boeckmann Park: 2.3 mi
  • Holleigh Bernson Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Moonshine Canyon Park: 3.1 mi
  • White Oaks Park: 3.6 mi
  • Chumash Park: 4.0 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Picnic sites: 44
  • Johnson Park: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
  • Tumbleweeds: 6.4 mi
  • Wagon Tracks: 6.4 mi
Springs: 39
Beaches: 20
Waterfalls: 8
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 3.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 3.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 4.1 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 20.1 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 12.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Nike Missile Launch Site LA-88 (Closed). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Magic MountainENE 72°1,477 m16.8 mi
Mendenhall PeakE 82°1,413.1 m17.0 mi
Hopper MountainNW 308°1,381 m18.5 mi
May PeakENE 75°1,203 m10.6 mi
Oat MountainNNE 22°1,138 m1.3 mi
Contract PointE 80°1,108 m11.7 mi
The PinnacleE 81°1,094 m15.3 mi
Kagel MountainE 84°1,081 m12.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:2018:53
December solstice06:5816:1116:49

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Gopher Snake23 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard23 obs
  • valley oak19 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard15 obs
  • white sage14 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk13 obs
  • black sage13 obs
  • Western Toad13 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element way/1023404741

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