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NPS Land

NPS Land from directly overhead

NPS Land is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 567 m. Santa Paula Peak stands 1,497 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Boney Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

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National Park Service
Getting there

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Coordinates34.10679, -118.96735
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Artworks: 53
Museums: 44
Historic sites: 43
  • Inspiration Point: 1.6 mi
  • Old Cabin: 2.2 mi
  • Danielson Monument: 2.2 mi
  • Ranch House Ruins: 6.1 mi
  • Old Reservoir: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 36
Gardens: 33
Attractions: 23
  • Chumash Demonstration Village: 3.0 mi
  • Santa Monica College Astronomical Observing Site: 4.7 mi
  • Wildwood Tepee: 8.1 mi
  • Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza: 8.3 mi
  • Hartley Botanica: 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Wildwood Canyon: 8.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 8.0 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 8.0 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 8.1 mi
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Sycamore Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Paradise Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 11.6 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 11.6 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 22.8 mi
Springs: 4
Cliffs: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • Coba Arch: 12.2 mi
  • Arch Rock: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of NPS Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santa Paula PeakN 354°1,497 m23.2 mi
San Cayetano MountainN 358°1,275 m23.0 mi
Sandstone PeakENE 65°948 m2.2 mi
Tri PeaksNE 43°917 m1.4 mi
Exchange PeakENE 66°899 m1.4 mi
Big DomeNE 43°887.5 m1.7 mi
Boney MountainNE 53°865 m0.5 mi
Castro PeakE 98°855 m10.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3519:08
June solstice05:4619:3420:11
September equinox06:4518:2118:54
December solstice06:5816:1316:51

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565557576063666665645955
Precip in2.43.92.20.50.40.10.00.00.10.40.91.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — PT Mugu NF, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1116355677

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