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Rancho Simi RPD Open Space

Rancho Simi RPD Open Space from directly overhead

Rancho Simi RPD Open Space is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 582 m. Oat Mountain stands 1,138 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Back to the Future Part III -- Doc Brown's Tombstone, a attraction 1.4 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District
Getting there

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Coordinates34.21780, -118.74901
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Back to the Future Part III -- Doc Brown's Tombstone: 1.4 mi
  • Back to the Future Part III -- Boot Hill Cemetery: 1.4 mi
  • Back to the Future Part III -- Delgado Mine Entrance: 1.4 mi
  • Air Force 1: 5.0 mi
  • Encino Man -- Family House: 5.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Simi Peak: 2.0 mi
  • Little Sandstone Hills: 2.7 mi
  • Strawberry Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Laskey Mesa: 4.9 mi
  • Castle Peak: 5.0 mi
Parks
  • Runkle Canyon Park: 2.2 mi
  • Deerhill Park: 2.3 mi
  • Eagle View Park: 2.3 mi
  • Sycamore Park: 2.5 mi
  • Medea Creek Park: 2.6 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Picnic sites: 29
Beaches: 26
Springs: 15
Waterfalls: 9
  • Paradise Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 12.2 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 12.3 mi
  • Sycamore Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Echo Cliffs: 12.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.7 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 13.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 2.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Rancho Simi RPD Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oat MountainNE 48°1,138 m11.5 mi
Sandstone PeakWSW 237°948 m12.4 mi
Tri PeaksWSW 240°917 m13.3 mi
Exchange PeakWSW 238°899 m13.3 mi
Big DomeWSW 241°887.5 m13.0 mi
Towsley PeakNE 43°875 m13.1 mi
Boney MountainWSW 239°865 m14.1 mi
Castro PeakSSW 193°855 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3419:07
June solstice05:4419:3420:11
September equinox06:4418:2018:53
December solstice06:5816:1116:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565760636773787976696156
Precip in3.74.62.70.80.40.10.00.00.10.60.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodland Hills Pierce College, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1214447165

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